On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 04:56:34PM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 8/18/2019 3:19 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 18 Aug 2019 at 12:17:59 +0200, john doe wrote: > > > >> On 8/17/2019 8:15 PM, Brian wrote: > >>> On Tue 13 Aug 2019 at 20:07:49 +0200, john doe wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> While upgrading the dbus deamon, I get the following: > >>>> > >>>> "A reboot is required to replace the running dbus-daemon. > >>>> Please reboot the system when convenient." > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I have no plan to reboot that server, what are the pros and cons of not > >>>> doing that or how can I avoid rebooting altogether? > >>> > >>> In the light of Curt's reference to #805449 and your reluctance to > >>> provide any extra information on the server setup you have in mind, > >>> your plan will have to accomodate reality. Reboot and be done with > >>> it. > >>> > >> > >> From reading this thread, here's what I understand: > >> > >> Despide the word desktop being thrown everyware (URL of the page given > >> in this thread, ...) it has now moved to be use or at the very least > >> installed, on non-desktop host. > >> > >> If the above is correct, is there a rule to determine if dbus is required? > >> Relying on apt/apt-get is something that I'm not comfortable with! :) > > > > The -s option to apt could make you feel more comfortable if you are > > concerned about damaging the system. Otherwise, 'aptitude why dbus'. > > > > Thank you, Apt/apt-get will do what I tell it to do but what I don't > understand is on what bases should I remove dbus. > > In other words, in what cases is dbus not redondent/when do I need dbus > on a non-desktop environment.
Show us 'apt purge dbus -s' output please. Reco
