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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
19aadacf 2* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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3 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
4 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
5 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 12
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13* shorten the message to sane length:
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15 Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
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17* systemctl --root=container/ set-default ... is totally borked.
18
f38afcd0 19External:
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f38afcd0 21* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 22 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 23
f38afcd0 24* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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f38afcd0 26* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
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eb124a97 28Features:
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30* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
31 /proc/$PID/exe
32
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33* systemctl (and possibly related tools): support a new switch that
34 allows enumerating units in local containers recursively. "systemctl
35 list-units -R" or so should not only lists on the host, but also the
36 services in all containers in a pretty way, to give an overview of
37 the entire system. Also, maybe add "systemctl list-machines" which
38 works like "machinectl list" but includes information about the
39 health status of each registered machine. For that we should
40 probably implement something that encodes the system health status
41 in a single enum state, i.e. something like a system-wide state
42 starting → running → failed → stopping, that is based on the current
43 job queue and a check for failed services. Maybe then change
44 "systemctl status" without args to output this state along with a
45 selection of other data, such as the uptime or so.
46
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47* doc: remove documentation for .include, drop-in snippets are the
48 better replacement.
49
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50* Add a seccomp-based filter for socket() calls to limit services to
51 specific address families (for example: AF_UNIX), inspired by
52 Android's sandboxing
53
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54* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
55 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
56 for ReusePort=
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58* add a timelimit to generator invocation
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60* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
61 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
62 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
63 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
64 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
65
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66* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
67
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68* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
69 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
70 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
71 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
72 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
73 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
74
3333d748 75* machinectl bash completion is missing
708c143c 76* busctl bash and zsh completions are outdated
3333d748 77
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78* cgroups:
79 - implement system-wide DefaultCPUAccounting=1 switch (and similar for blockio, memory?)
80 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
81 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
82 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
83 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
84 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
85 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
86 the hierarchies of child processes
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88* transient units:
89 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
90 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
91 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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93* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
94
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95* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
96
f38afcd0 97* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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99* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
100
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101* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
102
94676f3e 103* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 104
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105* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
106
af1082b0 107* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
41644622 108
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109* 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
110
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111* move config_parse_path_strv() out of conf-parser.c
112
7f79cd71 113* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 114
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115* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
116 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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117 path anyway.
118
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119* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
120
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121* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
122 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 123 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 124
6aaa8c2f 125* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 126
e1b7e7ec 127* make sure gdm doesn't use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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129* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
130
131* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
132
9444b1f2 133* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 134 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 135 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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136 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
137 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 138
19aadacf 139* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
1f263d4d 140
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141* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
142 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
143
6bb648a1 144* sd-bus:
eb01ba5d 145 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
86312ab8 146 - implement monitor logic
f38afcd0 147 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 148 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
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149 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
150 - upload minimal kdbus policy into the kernel at boot
80caea6c 151 - 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 152 - longer term: priority inheritance
452de75e 153 - check sender of response messages
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154 - dbus spec updates:
155 - kdbus mapping
156 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
157 - GVariant
bee7e928 158 - "const" properties (posted)
00586799 159 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
6a8b5fa4 160 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
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161 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
162 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
69727e6d 163 - test bloom filter generation indexes
2fcb3af6 164 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
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165 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
166 - constructors for bus messages should probably not be OK with a NULL bus pointer
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168* sd-event
12179984 169 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 170
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171* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
172 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
173 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
174
69af4503 175* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 176
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177* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
178 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
179
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180* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
181
182* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
183
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184* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
185
186* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
187
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188* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
189
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190* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
191
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192* test/:
193 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
194 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 195
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196* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
197
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198* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
199 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
200 file.
201
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202* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
203 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
204 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
205 destination.
206
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207* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
208 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
209
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210* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
211
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212* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
213 need manual exponential loops after all
214
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215* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
216 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
217 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
218 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
219
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220* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
221 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
222 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
223 that automatically.
224
e5ec62c5 225* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 226
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227* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
228
54c31a79 229* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 230
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231* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
232
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233* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
234
235* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
236
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237* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
238
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239* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
240
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241* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
242 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
243 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
244 will be activated.
245
356ce991 246* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 247
81d112a8 248* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 249
b44be3ec 250* EFI:
b44be3ec 251 - write man page for efi boot generator
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252 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
253 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 254 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 255
c0fe5db5 256* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 257
b44be3ec 258* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 259
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260* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
261 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 263* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 264
b44be3ec 265* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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267* logind:
268 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
269 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
270 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
271 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
272 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
b44be3ec 273 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
e5ec62c5 274 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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275 - when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
276 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
277 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
278 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
279 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
280 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
281 needs setuid().
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b44be3ec 283* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 284
b44be3ec 285* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 286
b44be3ec 287* journal:
c06bf414 288 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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289 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
290 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
291 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
292 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
293 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
294 - journal: reuse XZ context
295 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
296 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
297 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
298 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
299 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
300 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
301 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 302 - 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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303 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
304 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 305 - 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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306 - 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.
307 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
308 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 309 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 310 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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311 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
312 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
313 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
314 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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315 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
316 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 317 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 318 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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319 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
320 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
321 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
322 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
323 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
324 to syslog when it works again.
325 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
326 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
327 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
328 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
329 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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331* document:
8b8f2591 332 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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333 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
334 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 335 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 336 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 337 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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338 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
339 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
340 - man: remove .include documentation, and instead push people to use .d/*.conf
341 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
342 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
343 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
344 - man: add more examples to man pages
345 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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347* systemctl:
348 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
349 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
350 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
351 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
352 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
353 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
354 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
355 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
356 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
357 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
358 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
359 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
360 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 361 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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362 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
363 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
8b8f2591 364 - in systemctl list-timers show time triggering units ran last
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366* unit install:
367 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
368 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
369 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
370 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
371 unit however should remove them all).
372 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
373 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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375* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
376
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377* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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379* timer units:
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380 - timer events with system resume
381 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
382 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
383 o DST changes
eb124a97 384 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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385 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
386 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we won't support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
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387 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
388 - anacron-like feature
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390* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
391
392* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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393 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
394 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 395 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 396 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 397 user did not request anything like it.
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399* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
400 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
401 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
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403* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
404 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
405 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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406 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
407 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
408 better supported alternative.
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410* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
411
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412* 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().
413
414* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
415* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
416* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 418* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
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420* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
421
b44be3ec 422* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 423
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424* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
425 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
426 - superset of tmpfiles model
427 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
428 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
429 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
430
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431* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
432 waiting for the timeout
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434* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
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436* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
437
b44be3ec 438* nspawn:
86d0d519 439 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with /usr/bin/getent, so that NSS resolving works correctly
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440 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
441 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
442 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
443 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
3679d112 444 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
9cb74bcb 445 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 446 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
af1082b0 447 - maybe: hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
af1082b0 448 - allow booting disk images with a GPT signature using the bootloaderspec partition uuids
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450* cryptsetup:
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451 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
452 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
453 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 454 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 455
424a19f8 456* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 457 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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459* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
460
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462
8556879e 463* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 464 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 465
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466* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
467
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468* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
469
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470* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
471
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472* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
473
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474* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
475
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476* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
477
68f16003 478* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 479
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480* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
481
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482* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
483 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
484 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
485 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 486 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 487 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 488
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489* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
490
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491* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
492
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493* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
494
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495* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
496
88a6c589 497* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 498
bcd02123 499* syscall filter: optionally don't enforce no new privs?
c66d36e5 500
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501* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
502 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
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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527 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 528
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529* 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
530
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531* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
532
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533* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
534
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535* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
536
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537* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
538
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539* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
540
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541* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
542
543* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
544
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546
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547* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
548 needs to be auto-respawned?
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550* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
551
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553 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
554 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 555
b44be3ec 556* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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559
d3c7d7dd 560* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 561
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562* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
563 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
564
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567* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
568 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
569
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570* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
571
7c697168 572* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 573
71092d70 574* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 575
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577 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
578 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
579
f38afcd0 580* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
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583 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
584
71092d70 585* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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588 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
589 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
590 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
591 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
592 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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594* add support for /bin/mount -s
595
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596* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
597
68c7d001 598* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 599 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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600 - enabling dbus services
601 - status update
7a2a0b90 602 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 603 - remote access
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604 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
605 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 606 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 607 - auto-restart
e707c494 608 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 609 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 610 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 611 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 612 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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614 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
615 - how to create your own target
616 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
617 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 618
44143309 619* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 620
71092d70 621* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 622
260abb78 623* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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625* Support --test based on current system state
626
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627* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
628
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631* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
632
71092d70 633* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 634
50f2a90d 635* io priority during initialization
8fe914ec 636
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638
7ba97195 639* systemd-python:
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641 works with ^C
b04c8c83 642 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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645 - plot per-process IO utilization
646 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
647 - document initcall_debug
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648 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
649
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651 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
652 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
653 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 654
88e4d1d7 655* sd-rtnl:
32216660 656 - add support for exiting containers without reading them fully first
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658
0a4b9a07 659* networkd:
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660 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
661 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
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663
2f8cd170 664External:
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cc9784c6 666* dbus:
3377af3e 667 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 668 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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670* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
671
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672* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
673
9096ad36 674* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 675
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676* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
677 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
678 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
679 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
680 the RTC to sync up.
681
71092d70 682* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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685
686* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
687
688* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
689
690* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
691
692* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
693
d2bbca68 694* 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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696* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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698* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 699
4641a16b 700* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
19aa7c4f 701
129126f3 702Regularly:
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129126f3 704* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 705
129126f3 706* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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708* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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71092d70 712* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 713
4db17f29 714* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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717
9e5f3dbb 718Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 720* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)