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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
19aadacf 2* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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3 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
4 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
5 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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13* shorten the message to sane length:
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15 Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
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17* systemctl --root=container/ set-default ... is totally borked.
18
f38afcd0 19External:
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f38afcd0 21* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 22 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 23
f38afcd0 24* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 25
f38afcd0 26* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 27
eb124a97 28Features:
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30* mount generators currently check if /boot, /home, /srv is empty or
31 not, before doing something. This breaks on PID 1 reload.
32
6a3f892a 33* gpt-auto-generator:
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34 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap
35 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
36 - don't use blkid on every single partition, but on the main disk only
37 - automatically find root disk in initrd
38
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39* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
40 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
41 don't have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
42 the most common operations.
43
726a6e96 44* support transient mount units
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46* Imply DevicePolicy=closed when PrivateDevices= is used
47
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48* add an "input" group to udev logic and add all input devices to it
49
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50* libsystemd-login: implement getpeer_unit(), get_peer_slice(), ...
51
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52* machined: provide calls GetMachineByAddress() on the manager
53 interface to get the machine for a local IP address, and
54 GetAddress() on the Machine interface to get the Address for a
55 machine. Implement via forking off child process which quickly joins
56 the cotnainer and passes data to parent. Show this in "machinectl
57 status", and use it to implement NSS module to provide automatic
58 name resolution for containers.
59
60* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
61 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
62 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 63
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64* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
65
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66* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
67 /proc/$PID/exe
68
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69* systemctl (and possibly related tools): support a new switch that
70 allows enumerating units in local containers recursively. "systemctl
71 list-units -R" or so should not only lists on the host, but also the
72 services in all containers in a pretty way, to give an overview of
73 the entire system. Also, maybe add "systemctl list-machines" which
74 works like "machinectl list" but includes information about the
75 health status of each registered machine. For that we should
76 probably implement something that encodes the system health status
77 in a single enum state, i.e. something like a system-wide state
78 starting → running → failed → stopping, that is based on the current
79 job queue and a check for failed services. Maybe then change
80 "systemctl status" without args to output this state along with a
81 selection of other data, such as the uptime or so.
82
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83* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
84 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
85 for ReusePort=
86
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87* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
88 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
89 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
90 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
91 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
92
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93* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
94
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95* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
96 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
97 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
98 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
99 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
100 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
101
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102* completions:
103 - busctl zsh completion is outdated
104 - systemd-nspawn -Z/-L/-q is missing for zsh
ef417cfd 105 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 106
f38afcd0 107* cgroups:
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108 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
109 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
110 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
111 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
112 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
113 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
114 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 115
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116* transient units:
117 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
118 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
119 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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121* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
122
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123* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
124
f38afcd0 125* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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127* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
128
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129* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
130
94676f3e 131* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 132
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133* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
134
af1082b0 135* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
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137* rfkill,backlight: we probably should run the load tools inside of the udev rules so that the state is properly initialized by the time other software sees it
138
7f79cd71 139* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 140
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141* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
142 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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143 path anyway.
144
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145* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
146
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147* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
148 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 149 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 150
6aaa8c2f 151* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 152
e1b7e7ec 153* make sure gdm doesn't use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 154
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155* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
156
157* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
158
9444b1f2 159* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 160 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 161 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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162 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
163 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 164
19aadacf 165* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
1f263d4d 166
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167* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
168 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
169
6bb648a1 170* sd-bus:
eb01ba5d 171 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
86312ab8 172 - implement monitor logic
f38afcd0 173 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 174 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
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175 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
176 - upload minimal kdbus policy into the kernel at boot
80caea6c 177 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
ab9716c2 178 - longer term: priority inheritance
452de75e 179 - check sender of response messages
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180 - dbus spec updates:
181 - kdbus mapping
182 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
183 - GVariant
bee7e928 184 - "const" properties (posted)
00586799 185 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
6a8b5fa4 186 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
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187 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
188 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
69727e6d 189 - test bloom filter generation indexes
2fcb3af6 190 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
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191 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
192 - constructors for bus messages should probably not be OK with a NULL bus pointer
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194* sd-event
12179984 195 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 196
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197* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
198 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
199 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
200
69af4503 201* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 202
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203* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
204 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
205
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206* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
207
208* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
209
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210* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
211
212* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
213
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214* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
215
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216* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
217
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218* test/:
219 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
220 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 221
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222* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
223
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224* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
225 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
226 file.
227
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228* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
229 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
230 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
231 destination.
232
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233* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
234 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
235
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236* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
237
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238* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
239 need manual exponential loops after all
240
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241* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
242 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
243 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
244 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
245
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246* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
247 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
248 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
249 that automatically.
250
e5ec62c5 251* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 252
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253* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
254
54c31a79 255* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 256
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257* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
258
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259* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
260
261* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
262
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263* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
264
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265* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
266
356ce991 267* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 268
81d112a8 269* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 270
b44be3ec 271* EFI:
b44be3ec 272 - write man page for efi boot generator
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273 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
274 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 275 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 276
c0fe5db5 277* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 278
b44be3ec 279* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 280
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281* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
282 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 284* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 285
b44be3ec 286* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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288* logind:
289 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
290 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
291 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
292 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
293 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
b44be3ec 294 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
e5ec62c5 295 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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296 - when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
297 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
298 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
299 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
300 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
301 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
302 needs setuid().
e673ad04 303
b44be3ec 304* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 305
b44be3ec 306* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 307
b44be3ec 308* journal:
c06bf414 309 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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310 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
311 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
312 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
313 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
314 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
315 - journal: reuse XZ context
316 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
317 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
318 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
319 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
320 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
321 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
322 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 323 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
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324 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
325 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 326 - journal: send out marker messages every now and then, and immediately sync with fdatasync() afterwards, in order to have hourly guaranteed syncs.
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327 - journal-send.c, log.c: when the log socket is clogged, and we drop, count this and write a message about this when it gets unclogged again.
328 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
329 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 330 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 331 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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332 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
333 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
334 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
335 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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336 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
337 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 338 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 339 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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340 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
341 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
342 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
343 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
344 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
345 to syslog when it works again.
346 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
347 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
348 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
349 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
350 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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352* document:
8b8f2591 353 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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354 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
355 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 356 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 357 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 358 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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359 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
360 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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361 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
362 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
363 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
364 - man: add more examples to man pages
365 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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367* systemctl:
368 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
369 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
370 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
371 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
372 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
373 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
374 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
375 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
376 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
377 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
378 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
379 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
380 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 381 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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382 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
383 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
8b8f2591 384 - in systemctl list-timers show time triggering units ran last
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386* unit install:
387 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
388 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
389 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
390 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
391 unit however should remove them all).
392 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
393 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 394
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395* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
396
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397* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
398
399* timer units:
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400 - timer events with system resume
401 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
402 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
403 o DST changes
eb124a97 404 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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405 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
406 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we won't support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
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407 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
408 - anacron-like feature
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410* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
411
412* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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413 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
414 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 415 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 416 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 417 user did not request anything like it.
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419* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
420 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
421 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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422 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
423 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
424 better supported alternative.
e707c494 425
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426* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
427
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428* If we show an error about a unit (such as not showing up) and it has no Description string, then show a description string generated form the reverse of unit_name_mangle().
429
430* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
431* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
432* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 434* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
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436* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
437
b44be3ec 438* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 439
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440* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
441 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
442 - superset of tmpfiles model
443 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
444 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
445 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
446
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447* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
448 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 449
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450* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
451
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452* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
453
b44be3ec 454* nspawn:
86d0d519 455 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with /usr/bin/getent, so that NSS resolving works correctly
b44be3ec 456 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
b44be3ec 457 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9e281251 458 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters
9cb74bcb 459 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 460 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
af1082b0 461 - maybe: hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
af1082b0 462 - allow booting disk images with a GPT signature using the bootloaderspec partition uuids
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463 - generate predictable mac addresses for the netdev we create (host0), maybe based on guest's machine
464 name and machine-id of host (?)
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466* cryptsetup:
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467 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
468 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
469 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 470 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 471
424a19f8 472* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 473 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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475* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
476
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477* make timer units go away after they elapsed
478
8556879e 479* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 480 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 481
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482* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
483
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484* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
485
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486* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
487
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488* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
489
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490* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
491
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492* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
493
68f16003 494* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 495
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496* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
497
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498* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
499 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
500 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
501 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 502 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 503 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 504
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505* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
506
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507* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
508
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509* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
510
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511* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
512
88a6c589 513* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 514
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515* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
516 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
517
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518* introduce Type=pid-file
519
59cea26a 520* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 521
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522* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
523
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524* automount: implement expire:
525 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
526 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
527 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
528 - blocking, needs a thread
529 - run until -EAGAIN
530 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
531 - call umount
532 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
533 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 534
e01a15b7 535* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 536
abd55b16 537* udev:
3f60bcb5 538 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 539 - move to LGPL
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540 - kill scsi_id
541 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 542 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 543
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544* when a service has the same env var set twice we actually store it twice and return that in systemctl show -p... We should only show the last setting
545
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546* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
547
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548* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
549
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550* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
551
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552* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
553
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554* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
555
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556* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
557
558* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
559
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560* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
561
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562* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
563 needs to be auto-respawned?
564
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565* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
566
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567* tmpfiles:
568 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
569 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 570
b44be3ec 571* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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574
d3c7d7dd 575* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 576
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577* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
578 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
579
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580* move PAM code into its own binary
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582* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
583 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
584
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585* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
586
7c697168 587* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 588
71092d70 589* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 590
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591* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
592 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
593 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
594
f38afcd0 595* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
a012ab52 596
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597* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
598 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
599
71092d70 600* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 601
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602* readahead:
603 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
604 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
605 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
606 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
607 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 608
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609* add support for /bin/mount -s
610
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611* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
612
68c7d001 613* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 614 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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615 - enabling dbus services
616 - status update
7a2a0b90 617 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 618 - remote access
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619 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
620 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 621 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 622 - auto-restart
e707c494 623 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 624 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 625 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 626 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 627 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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628 - calendar time events
629 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
630 - how to create your own target
631 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
632 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 633
44143309 634* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 635
71092d70 636* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 637
260abb78 638* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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640* Support --test based on current system state
641
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642* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
643
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644* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
645
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646* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
647
71092d70 648* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 649
50f2a90d 650* io priority during initialization
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653
7ba97195 654* systemd-python:
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656 works with ^C
b04c8c83 657 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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660 - plot per-process IO utilization
661 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
662 - document initcall_debug
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663 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
664
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665* udev-link-config:
666 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
667 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
668 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 669
88e4d1d7 670* sd-rtnl:
32216660 671 - add support for exiting containers without reading them fully first
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672 - add support for more attribute types
673
0a4b9a07 674* networkd:
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675 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
676 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 677 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 678 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 679 - add IPv4LL tests (inspire by DHCP)
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680 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
681 - change LL address generation and make it predictable like get_mac() (link-config.c)
682 - have smooth transition from LL to routable address, without disconnecting clients.
0a4b9a07 683
2f8cd170 684External:
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cc9784c6 686* dbus:
3377af3e 687 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 688 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 689
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690* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
691
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692* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
693
9096ad36 694* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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696* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
697 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
698 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
699 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
700 the RTC to sync up.
701
71092d70 702* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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705
706* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
707
708* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
709
710* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
711
712* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
713
d2bbca68 714* fedora: suggest auto-restart on failure, but not on success and not on coredump. also, ask people to think about changing the start limit logic. Also point people to RestartPreventExitStatus=, SuccessExitStatus=
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716* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
717
718* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 719
4641a16b 720* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
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129126f3 722Regularly:
874aa2cc 723
129126f3 724* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 725
129126f3 726* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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728* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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71092d70 732* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 733
4db17f29 734* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 738Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 740* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)