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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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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.
20ffc4c4 12
f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 15 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
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f38afcd0 17* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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f38afcd0 19* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 20
81429136 21* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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23* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
24
81429136 25Features:
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27* libsystemd-network:
28 - I don't think there should be a client side object for dhcp
29 releases (probably not even a directory in /run for it)
7f035ea5 30
9d6db739 31* resolved:
9d6db739 32 - DNSSEC
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33 - use base64 for key presentation?
34 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
49ee032f 35 - LLMNR:
3f77a1b1 36 - do not fail daemon startup if socket is already busy (container)
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37 - process incoming notification of conflict
38 - send notifications of conflict
49ee032f 39 - detect conflicts
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40 - collect multiple responses
41 - jitter interval support
699bd879 42 - watch udev initialization state
0f47ed0a 43 - reprobe after suspend
9d6db739 44 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 45 - avahi compat
9d6db739 46 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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47 - edns0
48 - dname
b6b63571 49 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 50
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51* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
52 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
53 pull-in the policy.
54
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55* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
56
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57* the resolv.conf tmpfiles line should be covered by ENABLE_NETWORKD...
58
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59* sysusers:
60 - also create entries in /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow
61 - allow setting the home directory of system users
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63* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
64
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65* order OnCalendar timer units after timer-sync.target if DefaultDependencies=no so that we don't trigger them prematurely
66
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67* refuse mounting on symlinks
68
fed515f0 69* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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71* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
72
a01647e5 73* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 74 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 75 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 76 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 77
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78* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
79
80* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
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82* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
83* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
84
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85* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
86
81429136 87* timesyncd - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
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89* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
90
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91* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
92
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93* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
94
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95* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
96
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97* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
98
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99* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
100 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 101
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102* 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
103
f598ac3e 104* 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 105
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106* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
107
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108* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
109
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110* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
111
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112* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
113
114* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
115
6a3f892a 116* gpt-auto-generator:
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117 - Support LUKS for root devices
118 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 119 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 120
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121* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
122 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 123 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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124 the most common operations.
125
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126* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
127 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
128 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 129
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130* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
131
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132* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
133 /proc/$PID/exe
134
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135* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
136 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
137 for ReusePort=
138
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139* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
140 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
141 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
142 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
143 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
144
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145* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
146
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147* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
148 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
149 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
150 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
151 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
152 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
153
ef417cfd 154* completions:
ef417cfd 155 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 156
f38afcd0 157* cgroups:
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158 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
159 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
160 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
161 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
162 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
163 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
164 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 165
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166* transient units:
167 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
168 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
169 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 170
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171* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
172
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173* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
174
f38afcd0 175* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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177* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
178
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179* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
180
94676f3e 181* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 182
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183* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
184
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185* 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
186
7f79cd71 187* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 188
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189* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
190 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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191 path anyway.
192
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193* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
194
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195* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
196 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 197 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 198
6aaa8c2f 199* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 200
d28315e4 201* 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 202
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203* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
204
205* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
206
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207* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
208 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
209
6bb648a1 210* sd-bus:
d28315e4 211 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 212 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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213 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
214 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
215 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 216 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 217 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 218 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 219 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 220 - 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 221 - longer term: priority inheritance
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222 - dbus spec updates:
223 - kdbus mapping
224 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
225 - GVariant
bee7e928 226 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 227 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 228 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 229 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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231* sd-event
12179984 232 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
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234* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
235 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
236 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
237
69af4503 238* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 239
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240* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
241 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
242
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243* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
244
245* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
246
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247* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
248
249* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
250
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251* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
252
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253* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
254
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255* test/:
256 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
257 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 258
b5c03638 259* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 260 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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261 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
262 destination.
263
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264* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
265 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
266
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267* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
268
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269* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
270 need manual exponential loops after all
271
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272* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
273 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
274 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
275 is installed.
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277* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
278 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
279 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
280 that automatically.
281
e5ec62c5 282* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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284* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
285
d28315e4 286* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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288* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
289
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290* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
291
292* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
293
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294* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
295
356ce991 296* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 297
81d112a8 298* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 299
b44be3ec 300* EFI:
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301 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
302 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 303 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 304
c0fe5db5 305* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 306
b44be3ec 307* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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309* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
310 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 312* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 313
b44be3ec 314* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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316* logind:
317 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
318 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
319 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
320 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
321 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 322 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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323 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
324 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
325 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
326 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
327 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
328 needs setuid().
e673ad04 329
b44be3ec 330* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 331
b44be3ec 332* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 334* journal:
c06bf414 335 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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336 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
337 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
338 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 339 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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340 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
341 - journal: reuse XZ context
342 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
343 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
344 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
345 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
346 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
347 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
348 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 349 - 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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350 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
351 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 352 - 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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353 - 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.
354 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
355 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 356 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 357 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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358 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
359 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
360 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
361 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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362 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
363 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 364 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 365 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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366 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
367 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
368 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
369 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
370 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
371 to syslog when it works again.
372 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
373 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
374 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 375 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 376 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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378* document:
8b8f2591 379 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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380 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
381 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 382 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 383 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 384 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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385 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
386 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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387 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
388 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
389 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
390 - man: add more examples to man pages
391 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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393* systemctl:
394 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
395 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
396 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
397 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
398 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
399 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
400 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
401 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 402 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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403 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
404 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
405 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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406 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
407 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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409* unit install:
410 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
411 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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412 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
413 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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b44be3ec 415* timer units:
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416 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
417 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
418 o DST changes
eb124a97 419 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 420 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 421 - 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 422 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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424* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
425
426* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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427 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
428 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 429 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 430 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 431 user did not request anything like it.
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433* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
434
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435* 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().
436
437* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 438* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 439* fedup: generator
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441* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
442
b44be3ec 443* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 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* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
477
68f16003 478* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 479
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480* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
481 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 482 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 483 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 484 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 485 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 486
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487* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
488
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489* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
490
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491* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
492
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493* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
494
88a6c589 495* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 496
9946996c 497* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 498 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 499
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500* introduce Type=pid-file
501
59cea26a 502* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 503
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504* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
505
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506* automount: implement expire:
507 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
508 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
509 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
510 - blocking, needs a thread
511 - run until -EAGAIN
512 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
513 - call umount
514 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
515 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 516
e01a15b7 517* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 518
abd55b16 519* udev:
3f60bcb5 520 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 521 - move to LGPL
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522 - kill scsi_id
523 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 524 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 525
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526* 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
527
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528* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
529
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530* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
531
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532* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
533
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534* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
535
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536* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
537
538* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
539
70a44afe 540* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 541
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542* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
543 needs to be auto-respawned?
544
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545* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
546
f38afcd0 547* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 548 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 549
d28315e4 550* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 551
7f8aa671 552* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 553
d3c7d7dd 554* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 555
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556* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
557 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
558
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559* move PAM code into its own binary
560
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561* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
562 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
563
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564* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
565
7c697168 566* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 567
71092d70 568* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 569
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570* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
571 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
572 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
573
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574* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
575 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
576
71092d70 577* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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580 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
581 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
582 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
583 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
584 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 585
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586* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
587
68c7d001 588* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 589 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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590 - enabling dbus services
591 - status update
7a2a0b90 592 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 593 - remote access
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594 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
595 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 596 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 597 - auto-restart
e707c494 598 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 599 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 600 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 601 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 602 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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603 - calendar time events
604 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
605 - how to create your own target
606 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
607 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 608
44143309 609* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 610
260abb78 611* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 612
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613* Support --test based on current system state
614
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615* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
616
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617* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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619* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
620
71092d70 621* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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624
7ba97195 625* systemd-python:
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627 works with ^C
b04c8c83 628 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 629
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631 - plot per-process IO utilization
632 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
633 - document initcall_debug
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634 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
635
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637 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
638 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
639 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 640 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 641
88e4d1d7 642* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 643 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 644 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 645
0a4b9a07 646* networkd:
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648 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 649 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 650 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 651 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 652 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 653 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 654 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 655 - add support for more bond options
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658 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 659
ac976532 660* dhcp:
424a8732 661 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 662 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 663 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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666 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
667 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
668 - write more test cases
669 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
670 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
671 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
672 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
673 - implement elapsed time option
674 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
675 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
676 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
677 or interface down
678 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
679 this behavior
680
2f8cd170 681External:
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cc9784c6 683* dbus:
3377af3e 684 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 685 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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687* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
688
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689* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
690
9096ad36 691* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 692
71092d70 693* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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696
d28315e4 697* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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699* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
700
701* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
702
703* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
704
d2bbca68 705* 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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707* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
708
709* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 710
4641a16b 711* 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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714
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716 does not
717
129126f3 718Regularly:
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129126f3 720* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 721
129126f3 722* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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724* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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726* pahole
727
d28315e4 728* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 729
4db17f29 730* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 734Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 736* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)