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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
19aadacf 13* When we detect invalid UTF-8, we cannot use it in an error message:
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14 log...("Path is not UTF-8 clean, ignoring assignment: %s", rvalue);
15
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16* shorten the message to sane length:
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18 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.
19
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20* systemctl --root=container/ set-default ... is totally borked.
21
f38afcd0 22External:
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f38afcd0 24* ps should gain colums for slice
81d112a8 25
f38afcd0 26* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 27 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 28
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 30
f38afcd0 31* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 32
eb124a97 33Features:
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35* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
36 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
37 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
38 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
39 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
40 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
41
3333d748 42* machinectl bash completion is missing
708c143c 43* busctl bash and zsh completions are outdated
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45* Introduce PrivateDevices=yes/no which works like PrivateTmp= but for /dev setting up a tmpfs for it that only includes /dev/null, /dev/zero, /dev/random, /dev/urandom, but nothing else.
46
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47* libsystemd-journal returns the object created as first param in sd_journal_new(), sd_bus_new() and suchlike as last...
48
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49* cgroups:
50 - implement system-wide DefaultCPUAccounting=1 switch (and similar for blockio, memory?)
51 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
52 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
53 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
54 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
55 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
56 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
57 the hierarchies of child processes
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59* transient units:
60 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
61 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
62 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 63
08cd1552 64* code cleanup
08cd1552 65 - we probably should replace the left-over uses of strv_append() and replace them by strv_push() or strv_extend()
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67* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
68
69* move libasyncns into systemd as libsystemd-asyncns
70
f38afcd0 71* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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73* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
74
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75* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
76
94676f3e 77* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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79* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
80
f38afcd0 81* socket-proxyd:Use a nonblocking alternative to getaddrinfo
41644622 82
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83* 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
84
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85* Add a new Distribute=$NUMBER key to socket units that makes use of SO_REUSEPORT to distribute network traffic on $NUMBER instances
86
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87* move config_parse_path_strv() out of conf-parser.c
88
7f79cd71 89* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 90
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91* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
92 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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93 path anyway.
94
19aadacf 95* When a Type=forking service fails and needed another service, that
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96 service is not cleaned up again when it has StopWhenUnneeded=yes
97 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2013-July/012141.html
98
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99* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
100
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101* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
102 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 103 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 104
6aaa8c2f 105* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 106
e1b7e7ec 107* 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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109* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
110
111* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
112
9444b1f2 113* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 114 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 115 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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116 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
117 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 118
19aadacf 119* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
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121* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
122 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
123
eb01ba5d 124* libsystemd-bus:
eb01ba5d 125 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
86312ab8 126 - implement monitor logic
f38afcd0 127 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
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128 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
129 - SD_BUS_COMMENT() macro for inclusion in vtables, syntax inspired by gdbus
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130 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
131 - upload minimal kdbus policy into the kernel at boot
80caea6c 132 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
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133 - longer term:
134 * priority queues
135 * priority inheritance
452de75e 136 - check sender of response messages
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137 - dbus spec updates:
138 - kdbus mapping
139 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
140 - GVariant
bee7e928 141 - "const" properties (posted)
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142 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
143 - make use of "drop" ioctl in pid 1 bus activation
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144 - bus proxy: override unique id sender for messages from driver to match the well-known name
145 - bus driver: GetNameOwner() for "org.freedesktop.DBus" should return "org.freedesktop.DBus"
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147* sd-event
12179984 148 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
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150* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
151 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
152 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
153
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154* Introduce a way how we can kill the main process of a service with KillSignal, but all processes with SIGKILL later on
155 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952634
156
69af4503 157* maybe add a warning to the unit file parses where the access mode of unit files is nonsensical.
19aa7c4f 158
69af4503 159* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 160
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161* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
162 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
163
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164* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
165
166* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
167
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168* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
169
170* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
171
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172* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
173
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174* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
175
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176* test/:
177 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
178 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 179
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180* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
181
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182* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
183 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
184 file.
185
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186* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
187 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
188 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
189 destination.
190
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191* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
192 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
193
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194* add ConditionArchitecture= or so
195
196* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
197
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198* Support SO_REUSEPORT with socket activation:
199 - Let systemd maintain a pool of servers.
200 - Use for seamless upgrades, by running the new server before stopping the
201 old.
202
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203* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
204 need manual exponential loops after all
205
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206* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
207 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
208 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
209 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
210
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211* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
212 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
213 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
214 that automatically.
215
e5ec62c5 216* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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218* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
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54c31a79 220* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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222* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
223
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224* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
225
226* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
227
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228* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
229
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230* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
231
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232* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
233 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
234 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
235 will be activated.
236
356ce991 237* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 238
81d112a8 239* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 240
b44be3ec 241* EFI:
b44be3ec 242 - write man page for efi boot generator
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243 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
244 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 245 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 246
c0fe5db5 247* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 248
b44be3ec 249* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 250
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251* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
252 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 254* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 255
b44be3ec 256* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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258* logind:
259 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
260 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
261 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
262 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
263 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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264 - logind: non-local X11 server handling
265 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
b44be3ec 266 - pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
e5ec62c5 267 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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268 - when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
269 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
270 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
271 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
272 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
273 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
274 needs setuid().
e673ad04 275
b44be3ec 276* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 277
b44be3ec 278* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 279
b44be3ec 280* journal:
c06bf414 281 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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282 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
283 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
284 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
285 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
286 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
287 - journal: reuse XZ context
288 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
289 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
290 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
291 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
292 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
293 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
294 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 295 - 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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296 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
297 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 298 - 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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299 - 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.
300 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
301 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 302 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 303 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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304 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
305 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
306 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
307 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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308 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
309 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 310 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 311 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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312 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
313 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
314 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
315 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
316 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
317 to syslog when it works again.
318 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
319 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
320 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
321 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
322 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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324* document:
8b8f2591 325 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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326 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
327 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 328 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 329 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 330 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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331 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
332 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
333 - man: remove .include documentation, and instead push people to use .d/*.conf
334 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
335 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
336 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
337 - man: add more examples to man pages
338 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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340* systemctl:
341 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
342 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
343 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
344 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
345 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
346 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
347 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
348 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
349 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
350 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
351 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
352 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
353 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 354 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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355 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
356 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
8b8f2591 357 - in systemctl list-timers show time triggering units ran last
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359* unit install:
360 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
361 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
362 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
363 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
364 unit however should remove them all).
365 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
366 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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368* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
369
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370* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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372* timer units:
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373 - timer events with system resume
374 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
375 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
376 o DST changes
eb124a97 377 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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378 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
379 - 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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380 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
381 - anacron-like feature
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383* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
384
385* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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386 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
387 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 388 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 389 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 390 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 391
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392* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
393 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
394 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
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396* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
397 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
398 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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399 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
400 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
401 better supported alternative.
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403* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
404
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405* 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().
406
407* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
408* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
409* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 411* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
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413* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
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b44be3ec 415* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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417* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
418 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
419 - superset of tmpfiles model
420 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
421 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
422 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
423
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424* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
425 waiting for the timeout
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427* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
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429* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
430
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432 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with su, so that NSS resolving works correctly
433 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
434 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
435 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
436 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
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437 - nspawn: investigate whether we can support the same as LXC's
438 lxc.network.type=phys mode, and pass through entire network
439 interfaces to the container
eb124a97 440 - nspawn: maybe explicitly reset loginuid?
3679d112 441 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
9cb74bcb 442 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
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443 - add an option to nspawn that uses seccomp to make socket(AF_NETLINK,
444 SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_AUDIT) fail the the appropriate error code that
445 makes the audit userspace to think auditing is not available in the
446 kernel.
a56b63f4 447 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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449* cryptsetup:
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450 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
451 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
452 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 453 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 454
424a19f8 455* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 456 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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458* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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460* make timer units go away after they elapsed
461
8556879e 462* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 463 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
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465* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
466
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467* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
468
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469* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
470
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471* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
472
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473* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
474
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475* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
476
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477* shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container
478
68f16003 479* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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481* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
482
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483* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
484 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
485 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
486 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 487 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 488 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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490* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
491
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492* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
493
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494* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
495
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496* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
497
88a6c589 498* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
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501 - syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
502 - syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
503 - syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
504 - syscall filter: port to libseccomp
505 - system-wide seccomp filter
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507* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
508 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
509
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510* introduce Type=pid-file
511
59cea26a 512* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 513
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514* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
515
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516* automount: implement expire:
517 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
518 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
519 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
520 - blocking, needs a thread
521 - run until -EAGAIN
522 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
523 - call umount
524 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
525 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 526
e01a15b7 527* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 528
abd55b16 529* udev:
3f60bcb5 530 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 531 - move to LGPL
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533 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 534
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535* 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
536
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537* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
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539* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
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541* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
542
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543* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
544
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545* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
546
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547* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
548
549* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
550
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552
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553* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
554 needs to be auto-respawned?
555
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556* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
557
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558* tmpfiles:
559 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
560 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 561
b44be3ec 562* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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565
d3c7d7dd 566* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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568* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
569 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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573* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
574 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
575
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576* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
577
7c697168 578* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 579
71092d70 580* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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583 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
584 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
585
f38afcd0 586* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
a012ab52 587
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589 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
590
71092d70 591* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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594 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
595 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
596 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
597 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
598 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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600* add support for /bin/mount -s
601
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602* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
603
68c7d001 604* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 605 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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606 - enabling dbus services
607 - status update
7a2a0b90 608 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 609 - remote access
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610 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
611 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 612 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 613 - auto-restart
e707c494 614 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 615 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 616 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 617 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 618 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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620 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
621 - how to create your own target
622 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
623 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 624
44143309 625* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 626
71092d70 627* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 628
260abb78 629* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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632
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633* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
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635* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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637* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
638
129126f3 639* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
a625ac1a 640 - postfix, saslauthd
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642 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
643 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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71092d70 646* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 647
50f2a90d 648* io priority during initialization
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7ba97195 652* systemd-python:
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654 works with ^C
b04c8c83 655 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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658 - plot per-process IO utilization
659 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
660 - document initcall_debug
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662
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663* udev-link-config:
664 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
665 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
666 on Path= matching
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667 - Check if Driver= is broken, or just my driver (bcma)
668
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670 - replace sd_rtnl_message_append() by type-safe versions
671 - improve container support, and add support for entering containers when reading
672 - add support for more attribute types
673
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675 - unify and clarify logging, also use proper structured log messages
676 - add [Route] sections
677 - add more keys to [Address] sections
678 - add DHCPv4 support (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
679 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
680
2f8cd170 681External:
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cc9784c6 683* dbus:
3377af3e 684 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 685 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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687* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
688
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689* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
690
9096ad36 691* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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693* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
694 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
695 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
696 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
697 the RTC to sync up.
698
71092d70 699* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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702
703* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
704
705* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
706
707* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
708
709* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
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d2bbca68 711* 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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713* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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715* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 716
4641a16b 717* 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 719Regularly:
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129126f3 721* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
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129126f3 723* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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725* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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71092d70 729* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
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4db17f29 731* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 735Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 737* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)