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diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml index 9b02f5cd..3b0f4cab 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml +++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml @@ -5783,13 +5783,27 @@ variable. If that variable is not set, applications should try to connect to the well-known address <literal>unix:path=/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket</literal>. - <footnote> - <para> - The D-Bus reference implementation actually honors the - <literal>$(localstatedir)</literal> configure option - for this address, on both client and server side. - </para> - </footnote> + Implementations of the well-known system bus should listen on + an address that will result in that connection being successful. + </para> + <para> + On systems where <filename>/var/run/</filename> is known to be + synonymous with <filename>/run/</filename> (such as most Linux + operating system distributions), implementations might prefer + to make use of that knowledge to connect to or listen on + <literal>unix:path=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket</literal> instead, + which has some minor technical advantages, particularly during + early startup and late shutdown. + </para> + <para> + In practice, implementations of D-Bus often have build-time + configuration options for the system bus address, whose defaults + often depend on other build-time options such as the installation + prefix (in particular, this is the case for dbus, the reference + implementation of D-Bus). + Distributors intending to provide access to the well-known + system bus should verify that they are using an interoperable + address. </para> <para> On Unix systems, the system bus should default to searching |