https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9142 [..] the use case was the following. There are three processes A, B, and C. All of them add the same match (same value). A is started first, then B, and lastly C. Now, B and C are closed: if B is closed before C, A's match is removed; but if C is closed before B, A's match is not removed (no buggy behaviour). (B and C call dbus_bus_remove_match on exit.) diff -pur 0.61-osso23/bus/signals.c 0.61-osso23.new/bus/signals.c --- 0.61-osso23/bus/signals.c 2006-11-23 16:46:52.589602192 +0200 +++ 0.61-osso23.new/bus/signals.c 2006-11-23 16:49:28.873843376 +0200 @@ -1067,6 +1067,9 @@ match_rule_equal (BusMatchRule *a, if (a->flags != b->flags) return FALSE; + if (a->matches_go_to != b->matches_go_to) + return FALSE; + if ((a->flags & BUS_MATCH_MESSAGE_TYPE) && a->message_type != b->message_type) return FALSE;