Re: Needed dependency for all packages that require the D-Bus session bus

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On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 15:29 -0500, John (J5) Palmieri wrote: 
> On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 15:13 -0500, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 15:05 -0500, John (J5) Palmieri wrote:
> > > All packages that require the use of the D-Bus session must add a
> > > requirement on dbus-x11.  This package brings in the dbus-launch utility
> > > that starts the session bus.  Without it the session bus does not get
> > > started.   It hasn't been a problem for most because comps brings in
> > > desktop-printing which has a requirement on dbus-x11.  For those who do
> > > not have this installed (nothing depends on desktop-printing so the
> > > situation can come up) will not get the dbus-x11 package and any
> > > application using the session bus will not be able to function at their
> > > full capacity.  Thank you.
> > 
> > Which package is it that actually invokes dbus-launch? Shouldn't that
> > package Require it instead?
> 
> xinitrc and no because it has logic to say if the dbus-launch binary
> does not exist don't run it.

But is this really a sensible configuration with our current desktop?
It's not like the dbus-x11 package is big and I can't think of a
convincing reason why you'd want X without it at this point.

Jeremy

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