Note that items with (!) have high priority.
-su/runuser:
- - (!) implement pty container for all su/runuser session (something like
- script(1)) to separate user from the original terminal (see CVE-2016-2779)
-
-- add functions strtime_short(), strtime_iso(), strtime_ctime(), ...
-
-- cleanup lib/path.c:
- - always return rc from all functions
- - introduce control struct and use openat() from top-level path
- (e.g. top-level is /proc, etc)
-- use lib/path.c as low-level API for lib/sysfs.c
- - now we duplicate code in functions like {path,sysfs}_read_u32, etc.
- - it would be also nice to have a way how to redirect sysfs.c functions
- to /sys snapshots (e.g. lsblk regression tests)
-
+col
+---
+ - use unsigned sizes for columns and lines
+ - check for limits to avoid segfaults
+ - make it more robust
+ https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/749
+
+cal
+---
+ - add option to print calendar in vertical way
+ https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/604
+ - support another --reforms, see for example freebsd version
+ https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/usr.bin/ncal/ncal.c#L72
+
+script
+------
+ - introduce a new timing file format to record information about multiple
+ streams (stdout, stdin) and events (signals)
+
+ - add support for stdin loggin -- separated log file with raw input and timing
+ records in the timing file
+
+ - for example timing file format:
+
+ <type> <timestamp> [<offset> | <signal> ...]
+
+ O 0.001296 256
+ S 0.001297 SIGWINCH: columns=50, lines=20
+ I 0.000010 10
+
+ O - output, S - signal, I - input
+
lscpu
-----
btrfs specific code to provide a better output for FS based stacks. Not sure.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1084453
-cfdisk
-------
- - (!) add auto-sort support (sort partitions automatically) and
- --sort={auto,never,always} command line option. This feature should be
- enabled by default for logical partitions if we created all container (extended
- partition) in the current session.
-
-
-agetty
------
- - support default issue (/etc/issue) output for agetty to make it agetty
- usable on systems with empty /etc.
-
- This change is little bit controversial, because now agetty prints nothing
- by default and it's probably used by admins to hide information about the
- system to unauthorized users. We already have --noissue to disable issue
- output. The question is if admins use this option, "rm /etc/issue" is
- probably easer than modify inittab (or systemd unit file).
-
- Maybe we can implement it by --enable-agetty-default-issue compile option and
- move the decision to downstream maintainers ;-)
-
nsenter(1)
----------
- read the default UID and GID from the target process.
libmount (mount/umount)
-----------------------
- - allow to execute mount(2) in another namespace, something like:
- mount --namespace=/proc/$n/ns/mnt /dev/sda2 /bar
- see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1199554 for more details.
-
- - add options to control fstab/mtab mount options usage, something like:
+ - add --onlyonce to force mount(8) to check if mountpoint is already used. Now
+ "already mounted" detection is used for --all only. The problem is if you
+ call "mount <mountpoint>" more than once for in fstab defined tmpfs (or network
+ filesystem etc.). In this case kernel does not return EBUSY, but a new instance
+ of the FS is created. https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/448
+ (... just idea, maybe wrong idea)
- --options-mode={ignore,append,prepend,replace} MNT_OMODE_{IGNORE, ...}
- --options-source={fstab,mtab,disable} MNT_OMODE_{FSTAB,MTAB,NOTAB}
- --options-source-force MNT_OMODE_FORCE
-
- (all this already supported by libmount)
+ - support CAP_SYS_ADMIN; for mount(2) syscall the CAP_SYS_ADMIN is good
+ enough. Unfortunately, mount(8) does more things like check for filesystem
+ type (but it's usually done by udev, so root perms are unnecessary), create
+ loop devices, write to /run/mount/utab or /etc/mtab, etc.
+ It would be nice to improve libmount to check for CAP_SYS_ADMIN if suid not
+ set and allow to use it for simple tasks where no another operation is
+ necessary.
partx
-----
- support mapping by device-mapper if argv[0] is "kpartx" or --dm option is used.
+getopt
+------
+ It would be great if getopt could optionally ignore unknown options.
+ Currently, it outputs -- for every option it doesn't recognize but leaving the
+ option as it is could beneficial wrapper scripts which could then pass the
+ options they don't recognize as they are to the command they are wrapping.
+ https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/701
+
docs
----
* the unique functionality provided by newgpr(1) is support for group
passwords [/etc/gshadow] -- do we really need this functionality?
* maybe we can mark group-passwords as deprecated, and replace sg(1) and
- newgpr(1) with su(1) code. The another way is to ask fro group password in
+ newgpr(1) with su(1) code. The another way is to ask for group password in
su --group too.
* note that shadow-utils newgpr(1) provides support for syslog and audit log.
+
libblkid
--------
- - (!) don't use internally blkid_loff_t, rather use off_t, size_t, ssize_t,
- stdint.h types and so on...
-
- - add FSSIZE value -- filesystem size (klibc requirement)
+ - (!) add support for BitLocker Drive Encryption
+ https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/617
+ https://github.com/libyal/libbde/blob/master/documentation/BitLocker%20Drive%20Encryption%20(BDE)%20format.asciidoc
- (!) add support for dasd PT (used for example on s390)
- add support for Apple Partition Map (see libblkid/src/partitions/mac.c)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Partition_Map
- - catch SIGINT (Ctrl-C) and return to main menu.
- From Red Hat bugzilla #545488:
-
- While using fdisk normally, if you accidentally pressed the wrong button (to
- start a sequence of questions for some operation, e.g. 'c' to create
- partition). The tool tries too hard to keep asking you for valid input. You
- can't provide a blank or invalid input to get it to break out of the current
- dialog sequence and get back to the main menu.
misc
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