On Sat, 09 May 2009 00:49:31 +0200 Michael Biebl wrote: > Francesco Poli (t1000) wrote: [...] > > As a consequence, I cannot understand what's the correct strategy > > to restart the daemon, when I need to (e.g.: because checkrestart > > suggests to do so, after a package upgrade). [...] > console-kit-daemon is a D-Bus activated system service. > If you want to restart it, simply kill the process and D-Bus will launch it on > demand. There is no need for a legacy sysv init script. > > It's not recommended to restart console-kit-daemon anyway, as you will lose > all > registered sessions.
Well, but what if a security update on one of the dependencies creates the *need* to restart the daemon? This is the first time I encounter a daemon which I should try to never restart... :-o It sounds kinda strange that I am recommended against restarting a daemon! > > Hope that answers your questions. It does answer my questions, but it also generates even more head-scratching! :-/ -- New location for my website! Update your bookmarks! http://www.inventati.org/frx ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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