On Fri 16 Aug 2019 at 11:06:43 +0200, john doe wrote: > On 8/15/2019 6:52 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 14 Aug 2019 at 07:36:21 +0200, john doe wrote: > > > >> Hi Rico, and thanks for your answer. > >> > >> On 8/13/2019 9:25 PM, Reco wrote: > >>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 08:07:49PM +0200, john doe wrote: > >>>> I have no plan to reboot that server, what are the pros and cons of not > >>>> doing that > >>> > >>> Pro: keeping uptime > >>> Con: keeping previous, possibly buggy, version for dbus running. > >>> > >>>> or how can I avoid rebooting altogether? > >>> > >>> dbus is not mandatory and is redundant for typical server software. > >>> If you don't need it - just uninstall it. Simple as that. > >>> > >> > >> okay, dbus is only required when a DE (Gnome,Mate, ...) is present. > >> If I'm correct, and given the fact that I don't use a DE, I could look > >> at safely remove it? > > > > You are not correct. 'apt rdepends dbus' is worth looking at. > >> > > Okay, as far as I understand it, depends means that it will be pulled as > an dependency but not that it is required for it to work properly. > What I'm starting to realise is that to much dependencies are pulled to > implement lots of feature that is not always necessery. > > > Before posting to the list, a google search let me think that dbus is > only required when DE is wanted. > Do you have online documentation that would explain why dbus is required > when no DE is used?
As https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus/ says: > D-Bus is a message bus system, a simple way for applications to > talk to one another. There is no mention of DEs on that page. dbus is for any application to talk to any other application. > P.S. > > The Debian bugreport provided in this thread seems to corroborate your > pointbut I can't find something tangible to back that up. As Reco said: > If you don't need it - just uninstall it. What do you get for 'apt purge dbus'? -- Brian.
