Bug#775971: systemd-logind is installed on minimal install, but dbus which is required is not.

[Michael D]

>
> but D-BUS is rather
> uncommon in the server world (and a bit frowned upon, too).


I was just trying to figure out why some of my servers have it, and it
turns out openjdk-7-jdk depends on the non-headless JRE, which in turn
recommends some packages that depend on dbus.
I might open a bug for that shortly.

Thanks

On 22 January 2015 at 18:09, Martin Pitt <mpitt at debian.org> wrote:

> Michael D [2015-01-22  6:36 +0000]:
> > What exactly does systemd-logind do
>
> See man systemd-logind(8) for a description. It also has some URLs at
> the bottom for further docs.
>
> > and why do I get the feeling it isn't the only thing broken by lack
> > of dbus?
>
> Could be; on a desktop you always want/need it, but D-BUS is rather
> uncommon in the server world (and a bit frowned upon, too).
>
> Martin
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