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@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ The per-session daemon is used for various interprocess communication
among desktop applications (however, it is not tied to X or the GUI
in any way).
+.PP
+There is no way to cause the D-BUS daemon to reload its configuration
+file (HUP will not do so). The reason is that changing configuration
+would break the semantics expected by applications connected to the
+message bus. Thus, changing configuration would require kicking all
+apps off the bus; so you may as well just restart the daemon.
+
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