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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 12
f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 15 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
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f38afcd0 17* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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f38afcd0 19* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
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81429136 21* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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23* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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81429136 25Features:
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27* networkd:
28 - ipv4ll with multiple interfaces doesn't work when both dhcp and
29 ipv4ll is used. for some reasons the kernel will currently pick an
30 ipv4ll source address to reach non-ipv4ll gateways.
31 - dhcp and ipv4ll should probably be skipped for "lo" devices, even
32 if the user has a catchall .network file installed, that might
33 theoretically match it.
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34 - we probably should introduce a new operational state that
35 indicates that we are trying to acquire some configuration for a
36 link but haven't acquired any yet. Just to inform the admin that
37 networkd cares about an interface, but is still in progress..
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38 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
39 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
b873d33e 40
9d6db739 41* resolved:
9d6db739 42 - DNSSEC
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43 - use base64 for key presentation?
44 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 45 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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46 - DNS
47 - search paths
9d6db739 48 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 49 - avahi compat
9d6db739 50 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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51 - edns0
52 - dname
b6b63571 53 - cname on PTR (?)
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55* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
56 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
57 pull-in the policy.
58
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59* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
60
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61* the resolv.conf tmpfiles line should be covered by ENABLE_NETWORKD...
62
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63* sysusers:
64 - also create entries in /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow
65 - allow setting the home directory of system users
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67* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
68
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69* order OnCalendar timer units after timer-sync.target if DefaultDependencies=no so that we don't trigger them prematurely
70
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71* refuse mounting on symlinks
72
fed515f0 73* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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75* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
76
a01647e5 77* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 78 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 79 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 80 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 81
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82* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
83
84* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
85
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86* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
87* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
88
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89* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
90
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91* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
92
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93* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
94
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95* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
96
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97* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
98
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99* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
100
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101* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
102 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 103
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104* 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
105
f598ac3e 106* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
11fb37f1 107
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108* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
109
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110* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
111
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112* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
113
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114* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
115
116* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
117
6a3f892a 118* gpt-auto-generator:
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119 - Support LUKS for root devices
120 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 121 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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123* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
124 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 125 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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126 the most common operations.
127
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128* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
129 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
130 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 131
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132* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
133
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134* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
135 /proc/$PID/exe
136
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137* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
138 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
139 for ReusePort=
140
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141* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
142 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
143 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
144 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
145 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
146
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147* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
148
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149* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
150 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
151 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
152 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
153 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
154 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
155
ef417cfd 156* completions:
ef417cfd 157 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 158
f38afcd0 159* cgroups:
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160 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
161 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
162 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
163 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
164 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
165 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
166 the hierarchies of child processes
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168* transient units:
169 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
170 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
171 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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173* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
174
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175* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
176
f38afcd0 177* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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179* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
180
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181* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
182
94676f3e 183* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 184
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185* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
186
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187* 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
188
7f79cd71 189* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 190
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191* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
192 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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193 path anyway.
194
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195* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
196
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197* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
198 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 199 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 200
6aaa8c2f 201* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 202
d28315e4 203* 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 204
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205* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
206
207* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
208
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209* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
210 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
211
6bb648a1 212* sd-bus:
d28315e4 213 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 214 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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215 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
216 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
217 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 218 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 219 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 220 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 221 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 222 - 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 223 - longer term: priority inheritance
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224 - dbus spec updates:
225 - kdbus mapping
226 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
227 - GVariant
bee7e928 228 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 229 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 230 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 231 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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233* sd-event
12179984 234 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
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236* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
237 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
238 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
239
69af4503 240* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 241
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242* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
243 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
244
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245* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
246
247* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
248
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249* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
250
251* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
252
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253* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
254
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255* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
256
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257* test/:
258 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
259 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 260
b5c03638 261* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 262 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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263 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
264 destination.
265
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266* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
267 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
268
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269* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
270
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271* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
272 need manual exponential loops after all
273
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274* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
275 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
276 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
277 is installed.
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279* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
280 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
281 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
282 that automatically.
283
e5ec62c5 284* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 285
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286* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
287
d28315e4 288* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 289
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290* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
291
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292* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
293
294* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
295
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296* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
297
356ce991 298* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 299
81d112a8 300* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 301
b44be3ec 302* EFI:
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303 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
304 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 305 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 306
c0fe5db5 307* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 308
b44be3ec 309* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 310
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311* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
312 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 314* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 315
b44be3ec 316* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 317
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318* logind:
319 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
320 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
321 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
322 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
323 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 324 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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325 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
326 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
327 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
328 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
329 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
330 needs setuid().
e673ad04 331
b44be3ec 332* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 333
b44be3ec 334* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 336* journal:
c06bf414 337 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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338 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
339 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
340 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 341 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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342 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
343 - journal: reuse XZ context
344 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
345 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
346 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
347 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
348 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
349 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
350 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 351 - 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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352 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
353 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 354 - 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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355 - 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.
356 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
357 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 358 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 359 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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360 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
361 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
362 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
363 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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364 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
365 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 366 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 367 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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368 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
369 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
370 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
371 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
372 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
373 to syslog when it works again.
374 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
375 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
376 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 377 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 378 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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380* document:
8b8f2591 381 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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382 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
383 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 384 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 385 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 386 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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387 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
388 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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389 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
390 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
391 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
392 - man: add more examples to man pages
393 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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395* systemctl:
396 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
397 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
398 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
399 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
400 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
401 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
402 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
403 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 404 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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405 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
406 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
407 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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408 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
409 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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411* unit install:
412 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
413 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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414 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
415 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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b44be3ec 417* timer units:
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418 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
419 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
420 o DST changes
eb124a97 421 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 422 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 423 - 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 424 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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426* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
427
428* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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429 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
430 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 431 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 432 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 433 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 434
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435* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
436
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437* 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().
438
439* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 440* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 441* fedup: generator
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443* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
444
b44be3ec 445* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 446
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447* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
448 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 449
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450* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
451
d28315e4 452* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 453
b44be3ec 454* nspawn:
b44be3ec 455 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 456 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 457 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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459* cryptsetup:
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460 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
461 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
462 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 463 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 464
424a19f8 465* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 466 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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468* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
469
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470* make timer units go away after they elapsed
471
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472* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
473
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474* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
475
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476* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
477
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478* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
479
68f16003 480* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 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
d28315e4 484 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 485 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 486 when done. That means clients do not 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
9946996c 499* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 500 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 501
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502* introduce Type=pid-file
503
59cea26a 504* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 505
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506* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
507
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508* automount: implement expire:
509 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
510 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
511 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
512 - blocking, needs a thread
513 - run until -EAGAIN
514 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
515 - call umount
516 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
517 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 518
e01a15b7 519* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 520
abd55b16 521* udev:
3f60bcb5 522 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 523 - move to LGPL
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524 - kill scsi_id
525 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 526 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 527
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528* 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
529
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530* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
531
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532* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
533
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534* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
535
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536* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
537
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538* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
539
540* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
541
70a44afe 542* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 543
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544* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
545 needs to be auto-respawned?
546
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547* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
548
f38afcd0 549* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 550 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 551
d28315e4 552* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 553
7f8aa671 554* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 555
d3c7d7dd 556* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 557
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558* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
559 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
560
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561* move PAM code into its own binary
562
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563* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
564 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
565
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566* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
567
7c697168 568* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 569
71092d70 570* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 571
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572* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
573 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
574 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
575
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576* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
577 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
578
71092d70 579* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 580
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581* readahead:
582 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
583 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
584 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
585 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
586 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 587
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588* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
589
68c7d001 590* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 591 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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592 - enabling dbus services
593 - status update
7a2a0b90 594 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 595 - remote access
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596 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
597 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 598 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 599 - auto-restart
e707c494 600 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 601 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 602 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 603 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 604 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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605 - calendar time events
606 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
607 - how to create your own target
608 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
609 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 610
44143309 611* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 612
260abb78 613* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 614
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615* Support --test based on current system state
616
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617* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
618
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620
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621* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
622
71092d70 623* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 624
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625* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
626
7ba97195 627* systemd-python:
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629 works with ^C
b04c8c83 630 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 631
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632* bootchart:
633 - plot per-process IO utilization
634 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
635 - document initcall_debug
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636 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
637
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639 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
640 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
641 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 642 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 643
88e4d1d7 644* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 645 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 646 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 647
0a4b9a07 648* networkd:
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649 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
650 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 651 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 652 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 653 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 654 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 655 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 656 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 657 - add support for more bond options
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659* networkd-wait-online:
660 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 661
ac976532 662* dhcp:
424a8732 663 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 664 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 665 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 666
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668 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
669 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
670 - write more test cases
671 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
672 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
673 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
674 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
675 - implement elapsed time option
676 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
677 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
678 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
679 or interface down
680 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
681 this behavior
682
2f8cd170 683External:
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cc9784c6 685* dbus:
3377af3e 686 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 687 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 688
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689* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
690
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691* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
692
9096ad36 693* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 694
71092d70 695* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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698
d28315e4 699* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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701* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
702
703* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
704
705* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
706
d2bbca68 707* 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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709* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
710
711* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 712
4641a16b 713* 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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716
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718 does not
719
129126f3 720Regularly:
874aa2cc 721
129126f3 722* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 723
129126f3 724* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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726* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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728* pahole
729
d28315e4 730* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 731
4db17f29 732* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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735
9e5f3dbb 736Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 738* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)