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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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19aadacf 7* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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8 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
9 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
10 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
11
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12* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
13 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
14 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
15
a40593a0 16* 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* shorten the message to sane length:
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20 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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22* sd_bus_unref() is broken regarding self-references and "pseudo thread-safety".
23 See the comment in sd_bus_unref() for more..
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f38afcd0 25External:
f38afcd0 26* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 27 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 28
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 30
f38afcd0 31* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 32
eb124a97 33Features:
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35* tmpfiles: add support for "+" suffix for more commands
36
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37* support empty /etc boots nicely:
38 - apply presets at first boot
39 - tmpfiles: allow overriding of /etc/mtab
40 - tmpfiles: add nice way to copy files /usr/share/etc → /etc
41
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42* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
43
44* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
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46* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
47* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
48
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49* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
50
1df52dd2 51* timesyncd:
8dfb5bce 52 - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
1df52dd2 53
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54* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
55
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56* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
57
58* add a kernel command line option to enable the debug shell
59
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60* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
61
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62* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
63
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64* drop parsing of chkconfig header lines from service.c
65
66* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
67
eaa3b74d 68* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
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70* Add RPM macros for registering/unregistering binfmt drop-ins
71
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72* Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases
73
f598ac3e 74* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
11fb37f1 75
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76* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
77
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78* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
79
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80* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
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82* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
83
84* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
85
6a3f892a 86* gpt-auto-generator:
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87 - Support LUKS for root devices
88 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 89 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 90
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91* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
92 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 93 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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94 the most common operations.
95
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96* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
97 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
98 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 99
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100* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
101
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102* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
103 /proc/$PID/exe
104
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105* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
106 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
107 for ReusePort=
108
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109* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
110 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
111 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
112 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
113 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
114
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115* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
116
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117* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
118 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
119 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
120 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
121 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
122 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
123
ef417cfd 124* completions:
ef417cfd 125 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 126
f38afcd0 127* cgroups:
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128 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
129 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
130 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
131 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
132 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
133 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
134 the hierarchies of child processes
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136* transient units:
137 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
138 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
139 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 140
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141* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
142
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143* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
144
f38afcd0 145* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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147* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
148
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149* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
150
94676f3e 151* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 152
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153* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
154
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155* 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
156
7f79cd71 157* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 158
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159* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
160 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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161 path anyway.
162
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163* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
164
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165* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
166 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 167 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 168
6aaa8c2f 169* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 170
d28315e4 171* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 172
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173* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
174
175* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
176
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177* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
178 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
179
6bb648a1 180* sd-bus:
d28315e4 181 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 182 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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183 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
184 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
185 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 186 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 187 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 188 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 189 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 190 - 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 191 - longer term: priority inheritance
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192 - dbus spec updates:
193 - kdbus mapping
194 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
195 - GVariant
bee7e928 196 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 197 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 198 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 199 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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201* sd-event
12179984 202 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 203
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204* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
205 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
206 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
207
69af4503 208* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 209
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210* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
211 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
212
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213* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
214
215* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
216
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217* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
218
219* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
220
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221* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
222
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223* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
224
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225* test/:
226 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
227 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 228
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229* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
230
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231* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
232 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
233 file.
234
b5c03638 235* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 236 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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237 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
238 destination.
239
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240* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
241 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
242
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243* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
244
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245* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
246 need manual exponential loops after all
247
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248* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
249 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
250 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
251 is installed.
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253* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
254 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
255 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
256 that automatically.
257
e5ec62c5 258* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 259
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260* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
261
d28315e4 262* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 263
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264* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
265
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266* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
267
268* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
269
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270* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
271
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272* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
273
356ce991 274* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 275
81d112a8 276* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 277
b44be3ec 278* EFI:
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279 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
280 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 281 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 282
c0fe5db5 283* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 284
b44be3ec 285* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 286
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287* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
288 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 290* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 291
b44be3ec 292* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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294* logind:
295 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
296 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
297 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
298 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
299 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 300 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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301 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
302 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
303 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
304 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
305 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
306 needs setuid().
e673ad04 307
b44be3ec 308* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 309
b44be3ec 310* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 311
b44be3ec 312* journal:
c06bf414 313 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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314 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
315 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
316 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 317 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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318 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
319 - journal: reuse XZ context
320 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
321 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
322 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
323 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
324 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
325 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
326 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 327 - 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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328 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
329 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 330 - 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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331 - 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.
332 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
333 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 334 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 335 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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336 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
337 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
338 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
339 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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340 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
341 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 342 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 343 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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344 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
345 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
346 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
347 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
348 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
349 to syslog when it works again.
350 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
351 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
352 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 353 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 354 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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356* document:
8b8f2591 357 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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358 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
359 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 360 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 361 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 362 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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363 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
364 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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365 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
366 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
367 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
368 - man: add more examples to man pages
369 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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371* systemctl:
372 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
373 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
374 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
375 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
376 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
377 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
378 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
379 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
380 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
d28315e4 381 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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382 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
383 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
384 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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385 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
386 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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388* unit install:
389 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
390 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
391 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
392 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
393 unit however should remove them all).
394 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
395 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 396
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397* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
398
399* timer units:
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400 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
401 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
402 o DST changes
eb124a97 403 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 404 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 405 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we will not support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
90e071d1 406 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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408* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
409
410* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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411 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
412 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 413 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 414 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 415 user did not request anything like it.
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417* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
418 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
419 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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420 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
421 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
422 better supported alternative.
e707c494 423
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424* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
425
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426* 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().
427
428* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 429* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 430* fedup: generator
603cd8fe 431
f38afcd0 432* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
6d0274f1 433
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434* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
435
b44be3ec 436* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 437
97c52b83 438* add "factory" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
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439 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
440 - superset of tmpfiles model
441 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
442 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
443 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
444
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445* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
446 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 447
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448* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
449
d28315e4 450* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 451
b44be3ec 452* nspawn:
b44be3ec 453 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 454 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 455 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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457* cryptsetup:
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458 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
459 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
460 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 461 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 462
424a19f8 463* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 464 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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466* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
467
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468* make timer units go away after they elapsed
469
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470* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
471
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472* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
473
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474* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
475
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476* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
477
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478* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
479
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480* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
481
68f16003 482* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 483
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484* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
485 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 486 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 487 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 488 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 489 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 490
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491* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
492
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493* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
494
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495* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
496
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497* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
498
88a6c589 499* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 500
9946996c 501* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 502 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 503
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504* introduce Type=pid-file
505
59cea26a 506* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 507
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508* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
509
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510* automount: implement expire:
511 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
512 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
513 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
514 - blocking, needs a thread
515 - run until -EAGAIN
516 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
517 - call umount
518 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
519 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 520
e01a15b7 521* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 522
abd55b16 523* udev:
3f60bcb5 524 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 525 - move to LGPL
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526 - kill scsi_id
527 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 528 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 529
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530* 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
531
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532* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
533
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534* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
535
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536* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
537
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538* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
539
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540* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
541
542* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
543
70a44afe 544* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 545
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546* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
547 needs to be auto-respawned?
548
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549* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
550
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551* tmpfiles:
552 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
553 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 554
d28315e4 555* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 556
7f8aa671 557* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 558
d3c7d7dd 559* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 560
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561* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
562 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
563
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564* move PAM code into its own binary
565
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566* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
567 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
568
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569* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
570
7c697168 571* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 572
71092d70 573* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 574
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575* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
576 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
577 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
578
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579* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
580 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
581
71092d70 582* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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585 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
586 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
587 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
588 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
589 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 590
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591* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
592
68c7d001 593* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 594 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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595 - enabling dbus services
596 - status update
7a2a0b90 597 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 598 - remote access
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599 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
600 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 601 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 602 - auto-restart
e707c494 603 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 604 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 605 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 606 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 607 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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608 - calendar time events
609 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
610 - how to create your own target
611 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
612 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 613
44143309 614* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 615
71092d70 616* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 617
260abb78 618* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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620* Support --test based on current system state
621
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622* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
623
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624* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
625
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626* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
627
71092d70 628* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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630* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
631
7ba97195 632* systemd-python:
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634 works with ^C
b04c8c83 635 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 636
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637* bootchart:
638 - plot per-process IO utilization
639 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
640 - document initcall_debug
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641 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
642
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643* udev-link-config:
644 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
645 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
646 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 647 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 648
88e4d1d7 649* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 650 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 651 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 652
0a4b9a07 653* networkd:
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654 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
655 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
8faf88e5 656 - send hostname to DHCP server
0a4b9a07 657 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 658 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 659 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
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660 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
661 - set lifetime on the address acquired from dhcp
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662 - patch kernel to support module alias for tunnel device (ipip/sit/gre),
663 then remove remove libkmod dependency and CAP_SYS_MODULE
1f0e0484 664 - add veth netdev support (c.f. http://shorewall.net/bridge-Shorewall-perl.html#veth)
2b1c3767 665 - add tun/tap netdev support
8477107d 666 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
155e8b9a 667
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669 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 670
ac976532 671* dhcp:
424a8732 672 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
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674 - FORCERENEW
675
2f8cd170 676External:
74fe1fe3 677
cc9784c6 678* dbus:
3377af3e 679 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 680 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 681
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682* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
683
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684* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
685
9096ad36 686* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 687
71092d70 688* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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690* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
691
d28315e4 692* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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694* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
695
696* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
697
698* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
699
d2bbca68 700* 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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702* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
703
704* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 705
4641a16b 706* 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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709
129126f3 710Regularly:
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129126f3 712* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 713
129126f3 714* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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716* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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718* pahole
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d28315e4 720* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 721
4db17f29 722* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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725
9e5f3dbb 726Scheduled for removal or fixing:
a3a3e5b6 727
9e5f3dbb 728* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)