On 23/07/13 at 07:06am, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2013-07-22 6:08 PM, Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I wonder why you didn't have dbus installed.
>
> I don't have dbus installed either, but I'm still on the old udev.
>
> I've been planning on updating it this weekend (so I'll have time to
> deal with any issues), but when I do an emerge -pvuDN world, dbus is NOT
> in the list of things to install.
>
> So, since you didn't actually answer his question, I'll ask it again...
>
> Is dbus actually *required* for even a server system? Is this
> requirement only for the new udev? If so, why is it not getting pulled
> in on my system? And if so, why is my system working now without it?
>
The OP mentioned he selected the desktop profile thats probably why it
got pulled in. Dbus is not required with the default profile.
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