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sk8r-365
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 Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:26 am Post subject: Why use uuid-runtime? |
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I've carefully setup a lean Debian Lenny system with xfce4. Not because
this a older underpowered system, but that there's not a good reason,
IMO, for lots of services and daemons I don't need. For me, a computer
is a tool not life.
Today I ran an update for Lenny which *suggested* uuid-runtime(.d) be
added to the system. After doing some research, I fail to understand
it's value for a simple stand-alone desktop home system. Anybody know of
a legitimate purpose to employ uuid-runtime on this type of machine use?
Thank you,
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Jasen Betts
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: Why use uuid-runtime? |
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On 2008-11-18, sk8r-365 <sk8r-365@sk8r.debian.lenny.invalid.org> wrote:
| Quote: | I've carefully setup a lean Debian Lenny system with xfce4. Not because
this a older underpowered system, but that there's not a good reason,
IMO, for lots of services and daemons I don't need. For me, a computer
is a tool not life.
Today I ran an update for Lenny which *suggested* uuid-runtime(.d) be
added to the system. After doing some research, I fail to understand
it's value for a simple stand-alone desktop home system. Anybody know of
a legitimate purpose to employ uuid-runtime on this type of machine use?
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apt is suggesting it because something you've installed wants it.
It seems to mainly be wanted by debian-live, are you using or considering
making live CDs.
run aptitude and when it suggests uuid-runtime select it and read the
info window for the dependancy tree. |
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Magnate
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: Why use uuid-runtime? |
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"Jasen Betts" <jasen@xnet.co.nz> wrote
| Quote: | On 2008-11-18, sk8r-365 <sk8r-365@sk8r.debian.lenny.invalid.org> wrote:
I've carefully setup a lean Debian Lenny system with xfce4. Not because
this a older underpowered system, but that there's not a good reason,
IMO, for lots of services and daemons I don't need. For me, a computer
is a tool not life.
Today I ran an update for Lenny which *suggested* uuid-runtime(.d) be
added to the system. After doing some research, I fail to understand
it's value for a simple stand-alone desktop home system. Anybody know of
a legitimate purpose to employ uuid-runtime on this type of machine use?
apt is suggesting it because something you've installed wants it.
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To be more specific, apt is suggesting it because the maintainer of the
package which suggests it thought it might be helpful. IME such suggestions
are helpful less than 50% of the time - but then I set
APT::Install-Recommends to No.
You can use the deborphan program to find out which package is suggesting
uuid-runtime, if you don't already know.
I would decline to install it and then forget about it. Like you, I think
computers are there to serve me, not vice versa. I remove all packages which
I don't know for certain that I need.
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