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71092d70 1Bugfixes:
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2* check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
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4* swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken
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05677bb7 6* make anaconda write timeout=0 for encrypted devices
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8* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
9 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
10 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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12* make polkit checks async
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a40593a0 14* 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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18* Retest multi-seat
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71092d70 20Features:
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22* allow users from "wheel" to start/stop services
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24* systemctl: when powering down/suspending check for inhibitors, and warn.
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26* instantiated [Install] for target units
27 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54377
178cc770 28
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29* support *static* (/run) hibernate inhibitors. All rpm -i actions should completely prevent any
30 sort of hibernate action until the next reboot. If the kernel or any other base tool is replaced
31 by rpm, the resume path might fail, the for resume needed kernel might even be uninstalled, and
32 the whole situation leads directly to data loss.
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34* move debug shell to tty6 and make sure this doesn't break the gettys on tty6
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98a77df5 36* move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
41f9172f 37 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
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39* make nspawn work without terminal
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424a19f8 41* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 42 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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44* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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46* does vasprintf advance the struct vaargs? http://pastie.org/pastes/4712773/text
47
48* do shutdown audit/utmp msgs inside of PID 1, get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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50* make timer units go away after they elapsed
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52* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
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54* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
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56* journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
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58* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
59
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60* Document word splitting syntax for ExecStart= and friends
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62* when writing journal entries order field items by their address to improve speed on rotating media
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64* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
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66* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
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68* move keymaps to /usr/lib/... rather than /usr/lib/udev/...
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70* journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
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72* json: use jensson
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74* json: properly serialize multiple fields with the same name per entry
75
cb7ed9df 76* journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd
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78* document in wiki json serialization
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80* system-wide seccomp filter
81
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82* ability to pass fds into systemd
83
84* system.conf should have controls for cgroups
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86* bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than than nspawn
87
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88* currently system services appear not to generate core dumps...
89
cde9cb34 90* wall messages for shutdown should move to logind
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92* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
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94* cleanup ellipsation for log output in journalctl and systemctl status: have a sane way to disable ellipsation, and disable it by default when invoked in less/more
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96* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
97
98* testing tool for socket activation: some binary that listens on a socket and passes it on using the usual socket activation protocol to some server.
99
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100* maybe make systemd-detect-virt suid? or use fscaps?
101
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102* shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container
103
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104* nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
105
68f16003 106* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 107
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108* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
109
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110* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
111 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
112 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
113 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
114 when done. That means clients don't get a succesful method reply,
115 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 116
68f16003 117* document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
df1c8f6a 118
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119* remember which condition failed for services, not just the fact that something failed
120
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121* use opterr = 0 for all getopt tools
122
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123* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
124
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125* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
126
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127* add proper journal support to "systemctl --user status ..."
128
129* add _SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT= field to journal entries
130
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131* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
132
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133* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
134
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135* install README to /etc/rc.d/init.d (if support for that is enabled) helping people who use "ls" there to figure out which services exist.
136
88a6c589 137* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 138
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139* systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
140
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141* syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
142
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143* syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
144
145* syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
146
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147* syscall filter: port to libseccomp
148
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149* logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
150
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151* systemd-analyze post-boot is broken for initrd
152
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153* man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
154
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155* .device aliases need to be implemented with the "following" logic, probably.
156
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157* refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
158
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159* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
160 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
161
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162* journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
163
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164* Document:
165 - PID 1 D-Bus API
b4efdf97 166
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167* introduce Type=pid-file
168
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169* systemctl list-unit-files appears to be broken for symlinked units in /usr/lib
170
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171* maybe allow services with ExecStop= set, but no ExecStart=?
172
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173* efi: implement /forcefsck as uefi variables thus not requiring file system altering to trigger a file system check
174
175* efi: honour language efi variables for default language selection
176
177* efi: honour timezone efi variables for default timezone selection
178
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179* efi: automatically mount EFI partition to /boot if no such entry exists in /etc/fstab and /boot is empty
180 gummiboot exports the EFI system partion (ESP) device:
181 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderDeviceIdentifier-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
182 Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1F|2)/?/HD(Part1,Sig1FCBC57F-4BFC-4C2B-91A3-9C84FBCD9AF1)
183 '/' is the separator for the device path list
184 HD(Part1,Sig1FCBC57F-4BFC-4C2B-91A3-9C84FBCD9AF1) contains the GPT UUID of the ESP
185
186* read the bootloader performance data (raw TSC) in systemd-analyze
187 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksExec-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
188 19066159288
189 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksInit-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
190 17442940316
191 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksStartMenu-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
192 (only set if the menu was active)
166503da 193
59cea26a 194* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 195
94734142 196* support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f1a8e221 197
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198* systemctl: when stopping a service which has triggres and warning about it actually check the TriggeredBy= deps fields
199
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200* nspawn: make use of device cgroup contrller by default
201
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202* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
203
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204* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
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206* readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
207
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208* (attempt to) make Debianites happy:
209 - implement .d/ auto includes for unit files
210 - add syntax to reset ExecStart= lists (and similar)
211
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212* move passno parsing to fstab generator
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214* improve !/proc/*/loginuid situation: make /proc/*/loginuid less dependent on CONFIG_AUDIT,
215 or use the users cgroup information when /proc/*/loginuid is not available.
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217* pam_systemd: try to get old session id from cgroup, if audit sessionid cannot be determined
218
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219* pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
220
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221* maybe introduce ~/.config/locale.conf and apply it within PAM
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223* readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
224
225* automount: implement expire
226
eecd1362 227* logind: auto-suspend, auto-shutdown:
d889a206 228 IdleAction=(none|suspend|opportunistic|hibernate|poweroff)
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229 IdleActionDelay=...
230 SessionIdleMode=(explicit|ignore|login)
231 ForceShutdown=(yes|no)
232
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233* services which create their own subcgroups break cgroup-empty notification (needs to be fixed in the kernel)
234
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235* don't delete /tmp/systemd-namespace-* before a process is gone down
236
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237* vconsole: implement setterm -store -foreground xxx --background zzz
238
e01a15b7 239* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 240
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241* fedora: make sshd and pam_loginuid work in nspawn containers
242
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243* fix utmp for console logins in containers
244
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245* Add pretty name for seats in logind
246
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247* ConditionSecurity= should learn about IMA
248
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249* Auke: merge Auke's bootchart
250
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251* udev: move to LGPL
252
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253* udev systemd unify:
254 - strpcpy(), strpcpyl(), strscpy(), strscpyl()
255 - utf8 validator code
256 - now() vs. now_usec()
20ffc4c4 257
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258* udev: remove network interface renaming, sleep and retry logic, we do
259 no support renaming of interfaces in the conflicting kernel
260 namespace
261
b45f770f 262* udev: find a way to tell udev to not cancel firmware requests when running in initramfs
b8217b7b 263
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264* udev: scsi_id -> sg3_utils -> kill scsi_id
265
266* udev: add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
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268* allow configuration of console width/height in vconsole.conf
269
18b754d3 270* cleanup syslog 'priority' vs. 'level' wording
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272* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
273
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274* 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
275
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276* support container_ttys=
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278* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
279
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280* journalctl: show multiline log messages sanely, expand tabs, and show all valid utf8 messages
281
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282* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
283
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284* journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
285
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286* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
287
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288* journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the componets would fit
289
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290* add command to systemctl to plot dependency graph as tree (see rhbz 795365)
291
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292* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
293
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294* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
295
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296* Possibly, detect whether SysV init scripts can do reloading by looking for "echo Usage:" lines
297
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298* figure out whether we should leave dbus around during shutdown
299
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300* dbus: in fedora, make the machine a symlink to /etc/machine-id
301
a6e87e90 302* dbus: move dbus to early boot
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304* journald: reuse XZ context
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c4aa65e7 306* logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
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308* journal: API for looking for retrieving "all values of this field"
309
310* journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
311
312* journal: local deserializer of export mode, http server
313
314* journal: message catalog
315
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316* document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
317
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318* systemctl journal command
319
f7357f59 320* journalctl: --cursor support
62f21ec9 321
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322* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
323
324* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
325
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326* clean up session cgroups that remain after logout (think sshd), but eventually run empty
327
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328* support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
329
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330* logind: allow showing logout dialog from system
331
332* document that %% can be used to write % in a string that is specifier extended
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334* when an instanced service exits, remove its parent cgroup too if possible.
335
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336* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
337
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338* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
339 needs to be auto-respawned?
340
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341* Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
342
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343* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
344
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345* something like ConditionExec= or ExecStartPre= without failure state
346
de6c78f8 347* tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 348
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349* don't set $HOME in services unless requested
350
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351* hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
352
d3c7d7dd 353* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 354
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355* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
356 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
357
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358* move PAM code into its own binary
359
360* warn if the user stops a service but not its associated socket
0a55b298 361
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362* logind: spawn user@..service on login
363
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364* logind: non-local X11 server handling
365
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366* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
367 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
368
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369* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
370
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371* readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
372
373* readahead: check whether a btrfs volume includes ssd by checking mount flag "ssd"
374
7c697168 375* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 376
71092d70 377* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 378
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379* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
380 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
381 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
382
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383* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
384 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
385
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386* move nss-myhostname into systemd
387
71092d70 388* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 389
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390* drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
391
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392* add support for /bin/mount -s
393
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394* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
395
68c7d001 396* write blog stories about:
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397 - enabling dbus services
398 - status update
7a2a0b90 399 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 400 - remote access
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401 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
402 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
acb14d31 403 - resource control in systemd
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404 - inhibiting
405 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
abdf7993 406 - restart
73090dc8 407
44143309 408* allow port=0 in .socket units
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410* move readahead files into /var, look for them with .path units
411
ba1a5515 412* teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
9408a2d2 413
71092d70 414* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
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416* when key file cannot be found, read it from kbd in cryptsetup
417
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418* reuse mkdtemp namespace dirs in /tmp?
419
260abb78 420* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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422* Support --test based on current system state
423
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424* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
425
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426* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
427
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428* configurable jitter for timer events
429
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430* timer events with system resume
431
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432* timer events on calendar time:
433 maybe use this time syntax? http://ohse.de/uwe/uschedule/uschedule.html
71092d70 434
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435* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
436
8c6db833 437* calendar time support in timer, iCalendar semantics for the timer stuff (RFC2445)
8bf7fea5 438 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=99ee5315dac6211e972fa3f23bcc9a0343ff58c4
351c7e74 439
129126f3 440* implicitly import "defaults" settings file into all types
773ba909 441
71092d70 442* writable cgroups dbus properties for live changes
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444* read config fragments for all units from /lib/systemd/system/foobar.service.d/ to override/extend specific settings
445
129126f3 446* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
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447 - rpcbind (/var/run/rpcbind.sock!) HAVEPATCH
448 - cups HAVEPATCH
a625ac1a 449 - postfix, saslauthd
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450 - apache/samba
451 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
452 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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453 - distccd
454
71092d70 455* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 456
50f2a90d 457* io priority during initialization
8fe914ec 458
71092d70 459* systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
20604ebc 460
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461* add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
462
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463* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
464
2f8cd170 465External:
74fe1fe3 466
cc9784c6 467* dbus:
cc9784c6 468 - dbus --user
3377af3e 469 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
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470 - allow specification of socket mode/umask when allocating DBusServer
471 - allow disabling of fd passing when connecting a AF_UNIX connection
3377af3e 472 - allow disabling of UID passing for AUTH EXTERNAL
b69d29ce 473 - always pass cred data along each message
cc9784c6 474
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475* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
476
7d9e57d2 477* gnome-shell python script/glxinfo/is-accelerated must die
f959c5e6 478
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479* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
480
44143309 481* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys and /sys/fs/cgroup?
06ae4bfe 482
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483* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
484 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
485 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
486 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
487 the RTC to sync up.
488
71092d70 489* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
14bd37fe 490
129126f3 491Regularly:
874aa2cc 492
129126f3 493* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 494
129126f3 495* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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497* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
8c6db833 498
14212119 499* %m in printf() instead of strerror(errno);
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501* pahole
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71092d70 503* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
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4db17f29 505* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
88fae6e0 506
9e5f3dbb 507Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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509* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)
510
511* support for early-boot SysV services (definitely: remove)