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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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19aadacf 7* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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8 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
9 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
10 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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12* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
13 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
14 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
15
a40593a0 16* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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18* shorten the message to sane length:
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20 Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
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22* sd_bus_unref() is broken regarding self-references and "pseudo thread-safety".
23 See the comment in sd_bus_unref() for more..
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f38afcd0 25External:
f38afcd0 26* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 27 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 28
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 30
f38afcd0 31* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
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eb124a97 33Features:
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35* ProtectedHome= turn into enum, and add "full" option that also marks /etc read-only
36
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37* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
38
39* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
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41* tmpfiles: figure out relation between Z and m?
42
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43* systemd-notify: fake ucred of msg to PID of parent, if that works, with fallback to our own if it doesn't.
44
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45* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
46* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
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48* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
49
1df52dd2 50* timesyncd:
8dfb5bce 51 - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
1df52dd2 52
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53* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
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55* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
56
57* add a kernel command line option to enable the debug shell
58
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59* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
60
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61* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
62
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63* drop parsing of chkconfig header lines from service.c
64
65* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
66
eaa3b74d 67* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
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69* Add RPM macros for registering/unregistering binfmt drop-ins
70
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71* 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
72
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73* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode
74
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75* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
76
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77* add "M" as recursive version of "m" to tmpfiles, then use it for
78 chowning /run/log/journal (but not /var/log/journal), so that we
79 adjust the perms of journal files created before tmpfiles ran.
80
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81* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
82
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83* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
84
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85* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
86
87* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
88
6a3f892a 89* gpt-auto-generator:
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90 - Support LUKS for root devices
91 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 92 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 93
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94* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
95 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 96 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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97 the most common operations.
98
726a6e96 99* support transient mount units
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101* add an "input" group to udev logic and add all input devices to it
102
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103* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
104 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
105 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 106
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107* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
108
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109* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
110 /proc/$PID/exe
111
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112* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
113 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
114 for ReusePort=
115
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116* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
117 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
118 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
119 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
120 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
121
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122* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
123
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124* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
125 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
126 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
127 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
128 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
129 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
130
ef417cfd 131* completions:
ef417cfd 132 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 133
f38afcd0 134* cgroups:
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135 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
136 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
137 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
138 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
139 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
140 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
141 the hierarchies of child processes
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143* transient units:
144 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
145 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
146 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 147
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148* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
149
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150* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
151
f38afcd0 152* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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154* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
155
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156* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
157
94676f3e 158* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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160* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
161
af1082b0 162* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
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164* 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
165
7f79cd71 166* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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168* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
169 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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170 path anyway.
171
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172* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
173
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174* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
175 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 176 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 177
6aaa8c2f 178* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 179
d28315e4 180* 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 181
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182* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
183
184* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
185
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186* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
187 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
188
6bb648a1 189* sd-bus:
e30fa16e 190 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async
d28315e4 191 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
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192 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
193 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
194 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
195 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
196 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
197 - constructors for bus messages should probably not be OK with a NULL bus pointer
198 - .busname units should not use get_user_creds()/get_cgroup_creds() but instead do NSS only in temporarily forked off child
f38afcd0 199 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 200 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
80caea6c 201 - 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 202 - longer term: priority inheritance
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203 - dbus spec updates:
204 - kdbus mapping
205 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
206 - GVariant
bee7e928 207 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 208 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 209 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 210 - test bloom filter generation indexes
0f3e07b7 211 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
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213* sd-event
12179984 214 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 215
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216* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
217 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
218 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
219
69af4503 220* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 221
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222* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
223 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
224
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225* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
226
227* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
228
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229* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
230
231* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
232
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233* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
234
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235* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
236
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237* test/:
238 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
239 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 240
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241* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
242
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243* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
244 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
245 file.
246
b5c03638 247* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 248 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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249 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
250 destination.
251
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252* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
253 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
254
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255* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
256
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257* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
258 need manual exponential loops after all
259
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260* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
261 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
262 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
263 is installed.
795607b2 264
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265* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
266 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
267 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
268 that automatically.
269
e5ec62c5 270* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 271
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272* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
273
d28315e4 274* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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276* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
277
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278* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
279
280* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
281
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282* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
283
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284* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
285
356ce991 286* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 287
81d112a8 288* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 289
b44be3ec 290* EFI:
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291 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
292 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 293 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 294
c0fe5db5 295* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 296
b44be3ec 297* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 298
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299* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
300 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 302* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 303
b44be3ec 304* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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306* logind:
307 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
308 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
309 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
310 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
311 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 312 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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313 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
314 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
315 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
316 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
317 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
318 needs setuid().
e673ad04 319
b44be3ec 320* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 321
b44be3ec 322* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 324* journal:
c06bf414 325 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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326 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
327 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
328 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 329 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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330 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
331 - journal: reuse XZ context
332 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
333 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
334 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
335 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
336 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
337 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
338 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 339 - 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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340 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
341 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 342 - 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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343 - 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.
344 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
345 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 346 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 347 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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348 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
349 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
350 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
351 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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352 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
353 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 354 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 355 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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356 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
357 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
358 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
359 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
360 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
361 to syslog when it works again.
362 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
363 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
364 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 365 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 366 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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368* document:
8b8f2591 369 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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370 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
371 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 372 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 373 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 374 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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375 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
376 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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377 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
378 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
379 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
380 - man: add more examples to man pages
381 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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383* systemctl:
384 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
385 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
386 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
387 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
388 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
389 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
390 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
391 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
392 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
d28315e4 393 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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394 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
395 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
396 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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397 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
398 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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400* unit install:
401 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
402 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
403 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
404 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
405 unit however should remove them all).
406 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
407 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 408
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409* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
410
411* timer units:
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412 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
413 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
414 o DST changes
eb124a97 415 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 416 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 417 - 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 418 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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420* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
421
422* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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423 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
424 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 425 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 426 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 427 user did not request anything like it.
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429* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
430 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
431 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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432 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
433 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
434 better supported alternative.
e707c494 435
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437
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438* 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().
439
440* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 441* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 442* fedup: generator
603cd8fe 443
f38afcd0 444* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
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446* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
447
b44be3ec 448* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 449
97c52b83 450* add "factory" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
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451 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
452 - superset of tmpfiles model
453 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
454 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
455 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
456
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457* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
458 waiting for the timeout
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461
d28315e4 462* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 463
b44be3ec 464* nspawn:
b44be3ec 465 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
b44be3ec 466 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9e281251 467 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters
9cb74bcb 468 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 469 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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471* cryptsetup:
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472 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
473 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
474 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 475 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 476
424a19f8 477* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 478 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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480* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
481
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483
8556879e 484* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 485 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
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488
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489* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
490
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491* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
492
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493* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
494
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495* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
496
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497* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
498
68f16003 499* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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502
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504 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 505 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 506 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 507 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 508 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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510* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
511
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512* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
513
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514* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
515
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516* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
517
88a6c589 518* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 519
9946996c 520* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 521 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 522
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524
59cea26a 525* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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527* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
528
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529* automount: implement expire:
530 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
531 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
532 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
533 - blocking, needs a thread
534 - run until -EAGAIN
535 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
536 - call umount
537 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
538 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 539
e01a15b7 540* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 541
abd55b16 542* udev:
3f60bcb5 543 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 544 - move to LGPL
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546 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 547 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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550
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552
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554
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555* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
556
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557* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
558
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560
561* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
562
70a44afe 563* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 564
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565* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
566 needs to be auto-respawned?
567
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571 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
572 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 573
d28315e4 574* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 575
7f8aa671 576* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 577
d3c7d7dd 578* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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581 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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586 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
587
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588* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
589
7c697168 590* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 591
71092d70 592* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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595 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
596 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
597
f38afcd0 598* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
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601 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
602
71092d70 603* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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606 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
607 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
608 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
609 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
610 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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613
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615
68c7d001 616* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 617 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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618 - enabling dbus services
619 - status update
7a2a0b90 620 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 621 - remote access
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623 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 624 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 625 - auto-restart
e707c494 626 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 627 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 628 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 629 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 630 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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632 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
633 - how to create your own target
634 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
635 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 636
44143309 637* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 638
71092d70 639* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 640
260abb78 641* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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643* Support --test based on current system state
644
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645* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
646
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647* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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649* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
650
71092d70 651* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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654
7ba97195 655* systemd-python:
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657 works with ^C
b04c8c83 658 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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661 - plot per-process IO utilization
662 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
663 - document initcall_debug
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665
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667 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
668 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
669 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 670 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 671
88e4d1d7 672* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 673 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 674 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 675
0a4b9a07 676* networkd:
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678 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
8faf88e5 679 - send hostname to DHCP server
0a4b9a07 680 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 681 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 682 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
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684 - set lifetime on the address acquired from dhcp
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685 - patch kernel to support module alias for tunnel device (ipip/sit/gre),
686 then remove remove libkmod dependency and CAP_SYS_MODULE
1f0e0484 687 - add veth netdev support (c.f. http://shorewall.net/bridge-Shorewall-perl.html#veth)
2b1c3767 688 - add tun/tap netdev support
8477107d 689 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
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691* networkd-wait-online:
692 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 693
ac976532 694* dhcp:
424a8732 695 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
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697 - FORCERENEW
698
2f8cd170 699External:
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cc9784c6 701* dbus:
3377af3e 702 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 703 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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708
9096ad36 709* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 710
71092d70 711* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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d28315e4 715* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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717* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
718
719* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
720
721* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
722
d2bbca68 723* 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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725* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
726
727* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 728
4641a16b 729* 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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129126f3 733Regularly:
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129126f3 735* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 736
129126f3 737* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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739* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 743* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 744
4db17f29 745* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 749Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 751* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)