On 8/18/2019 4:59 PM, Reco wrote: > 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. >
If things goes well on this server, which is a test server, I'll consider purging dbus from my production server(s) on which a reboot is to be avoided. Here is the requested output from a test server: $ apt purge dbus -s Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: dbus* libpam-systemd* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Purg libpam-systemd [241-5] Purg dbus [1.12.16-1] Is apt the only way to know if dbus is redundant? P.S. Sorry for not providing the output earlier, but I was hoping for a more general way to determine on which server dbus can be safely removed. -- John Doe
