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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.
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13* shorten the message to sane length:
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15 Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
16
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17* systemctl --root=container/ set-default ... is totally borked.
18
f38afcd0 19External:
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f38afcd0 21* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 22 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 23
f38afcd0 24* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 25
f38afcd0 26* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
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eb124a97 28Features:
154ff088 29
726a6e96 30* support transient mount units
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32* Imply DevicePolicy=closed when PrivateDevices= is used
33
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34* add an "input" group to udev logic and add all input devices to it
35
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36* libsystemd-login: implement getpeer_unit(), get_peer_slice(), ...
37
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38* machined: provide calls GetMachineByAddress() on the manager
39 interface to get the machine for a local IP address, and
40 GetAddress() on the Machine interface to get the Address for a
41 machine. Implement via forking off child process which quickly joins
42 the cotnainer and passes data to parent. Show this in "machinectl
43 status", and use it to implement NSS module to provide automatic
44 name resolution for containers.
45
46* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
47 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
48 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 49
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50* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
51
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52* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
53 /proc/$PID/exe
54
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55* systemctl (and possibly related tools): support a new switch that
56 allows enumerating units in local containers recursively. "systemctl
57 list-units -R" or so should not only lists on the host, but also the
58 services in all containers in a pretty way, to give an overview of
59 the entire system. Also, maybe add "systemctl list-machines" which
60 works like "machinectl list" but includes information about the
61 health status of each registered machine. For that we should
62 probably implement something that encodes the system health status
63 in a single enum state, i.e. something like a system-wide state
64 starting → running → failed → stopping, that is based on the current
65 job queue and a check for failed services. Maybe then change
66 "systemctl status" without args to output this state along with a
67 selection of other data, such as the uptime or so.
68
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69* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
70 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
71 for ReusePort=
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73* add a timelimit to generator invocation
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75* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
76 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
77 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
78 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
79 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
80
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81* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
82
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83* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
84 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
85 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
86 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
87 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
88 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
89
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90* completions:
91 - busctl zsh completion is outdated
92 - systemd-nspawn -Z/-L/-q is missing for zsh
ef417cfd 93 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
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f38afcd0 95* cgroups:
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96 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
97 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
98 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
99 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
100 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
101 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
102 the hierarchies of child processes
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104* transient units:
105 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
106 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
107 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 108
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109* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
110
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111* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
112
f38afcd0 113* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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115* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
116
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117* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
118
94676f3e 119* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 120
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121* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
122
af1082b0 123* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
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125* 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
126
7f79cd71 127* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 128
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129* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
130 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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131 path anyway.
132
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133* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
134
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135* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
136 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 137 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 138
6aaa8c2f 139* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 140
e1b7e7ec 141* make sure gdm doesn't use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 142
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143* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
144
145* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
146
9444b1f2 147* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 148 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 149 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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150 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
151 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 152
19aadacf 153* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
1f263d4d 154
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155* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
156 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
157
6bb648a1 158* sd-bus:
eb01ba5d 159 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
86312ab8 160 - implement monitor logic
f38afcd0 161 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 162 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
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163 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
164 - upload minimal kdbus policy into the kernel at boot
80caea6c 165 - 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 166 - longer term: priority inheritance
452de75e 167 - check sender of response messages
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168 - dbus spec updates:
169 - kdbus mapping
170 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
171 - GVariant
bee7e928 172 - "const" properties (posted)
00586799 173 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
6a8b5fa4 174 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
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175 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
176 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
69727e6d 177 - test bloom filter generation indexes
2fcb3af6 178 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
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179 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
180 - constructors for bus messages should probably not be OK with a NULL bus pointer
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182* sd-event
12179984 183 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 184
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185* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
186 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
187 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
188
69af4503 189* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 190
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191* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
192 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
193
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194* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
195
196* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
197
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198* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
199
200* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
201
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202* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
203
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204* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
205
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206* test/:
207 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
208 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 209
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210* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
211
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212* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
213 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
214 file.
215
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216* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
217 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
218 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
219 destination.
220
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221* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
222 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
223
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224* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
225
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226* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
227 need manual exponential loops after all
228
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229* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
230 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
231 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
232 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
233
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234* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
235 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
236 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
237 that automatically.
238
e5ec62c5 239* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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241* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
242
54c31a79 243* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 244
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245* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
246
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247* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
248
249* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
250
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251* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
252
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253* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
254
356ce991 255* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 256
81d112a8 257* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 258
b44be3ec 259* EFI:
b44be3ec 260 - write man page for efi boot generator
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261 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
262 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 263 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 264
c0fe5db5 265* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 266
b44be3ec 267* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 268
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269* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
270 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 272* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 273
b44be3ec 274* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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276* logind:
277 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
278 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
279 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
280 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
281 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
b44be3ec 282 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
e5ec62c5 283 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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284 - when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
285 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
286 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
287 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
288 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
289 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
290 needs setuid().
e673ad04 291
b44be3ec 292* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 293
b44be3ec 294* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 295
b44be3ec 296* journal:
c06bf414 297 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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298 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
299 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
300 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
301 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
302 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
303 - journal: reuse XZ context
304 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
305 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
306 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
307 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
308 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
309 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
310 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 311 - 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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312 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
313 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 314 - 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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315 - 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.
316 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
317 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 318 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 319 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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320 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
321 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
322 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
323 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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324 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
325 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 326 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 327 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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328 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
329 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
330 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
331 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
332 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
333 to syslog when it works again.
334 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
335 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
336 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
337 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
338 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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340* document:
8b8f2591 341 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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342 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
343 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 344 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 345 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 346 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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347 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
348 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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349 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
350 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
351 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
352 - man: add more examples to man pages
353 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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355* systemctl:
356 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
357 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
358 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
359 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
360 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
361 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
362 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
363 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
364 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
365 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
366 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
367 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
368 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 369 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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370 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
371 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
8b8f2591 372 - in systemctl list-timers show time triggering units ran last
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374* unit install:
375 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
376 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
377 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
378 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
379 unit however should remove them all).
380 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
381 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 382
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383* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
384
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385* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
386
387* timer units:
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388 - timer events with system resume
389 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
390 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
391 o DST changes
eb124a97 392 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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393 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
394 - 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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395 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
396 - anacron-like feature
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398* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
399
400* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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401 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
402 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 403 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 404 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 405 user did not request anything like it.
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407* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
408 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
409 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
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411* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
412 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
413 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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414 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
415 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
416 better supported alternative.
e707c494 417
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418* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
419
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420* 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().
421
422* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
423* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
424* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 426* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
6d0274f1 427
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428* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
429
b44be3ec 430* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 431
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432* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
433 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
434 - superset of tmpfiles model
435 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
436 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
437 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
438
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439* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
440 waiting for the timeout
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442* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
443
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444* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
445
b44be3ec 446* nspawn:
86d0d519 447 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with /usr/bin/getent, so that NSS resolving works correctly
b44be3ec 448 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
b44be3ec 449 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9e281251 450 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters
9cb74bcb 451 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 452 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
af1082b0 453 - maybe: hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
af1082b0 454 - allow booting disk images with a GPT signature using the bootloaderspec partition uuids
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455 - generate predictable mac addresses for the netdev we create (host0), maybe based on guest's machine
456 name and machine-id of host (?)
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458* cryptsetup:
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459 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
460 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
461 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 462 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 463
424a19f8 464* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 465 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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467* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
468
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469* make timer units go away after they elapsed
470
8556879e 471* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 472 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 473
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474* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
475
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476* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
477
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478* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
479
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480* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
481
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482* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
483
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484* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
485
68f16003 486* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 487
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488* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
489
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490* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
491 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
492 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
493 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 494 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 495 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 496
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497* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
498
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499* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
500
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501* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
502
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503* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
504
88a6c589 505* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 506
bcd02123 507* syscall filter: optionally don't enforce no new privs?
c66d36e5 508
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509* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
510 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
511
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512* introduce Type=pid-file
513
59cea26a 514* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 515
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516* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
517
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518* automount: implement expire:
519 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
520 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
521 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
522 - blocking, needs a thread
523 - run until -EAGAIN
524 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
525 - call umount
526 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
527 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 528
e01a15b7 529* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 530
abd55b16 531* udev:
3f60bcb5 532 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 533 - move to LGPL
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534 - kill scsi_id
535 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 536 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 537
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538* 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
539
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540* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
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542* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
543
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544* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
545
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546* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
547
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548* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
549
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550* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
551
552* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
553
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554* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
555
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556* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
557 needs to be auto-respawned?
558
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559* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
560
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561* tmpfiles:
562 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
563 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 564
b44be3ec 565* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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567* hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
568
d3c7d7dd 569* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 570
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571* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
572 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
573
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574* move PAM code into its own binary
575
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576* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
577 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
578
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579* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
580
7c697168 581* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 582
71092d70 583* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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585* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
586 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
587 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
588
f38afcd0 589* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
a012ab52 590
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591* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
592 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
593
71092d70 594* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 595
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596* readahead:
597 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
598 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
599 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
600 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
601 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 602
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603* add support for /bin/mount -s
604
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605* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
606
68c7d001 607* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 608 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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609 - enabling dbus services
610 - status update
7a2a0b90 611 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 612 - remote access
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613 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
614 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 615 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 616 - auto-restart
e707c494 617 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 618 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 619 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 620 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 621 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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622 - calendar time events
623 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
624 - how to create your own target
625 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
626 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 627
44143309 628* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 629
71092d70 630* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 631
260abb78 632* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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634* Support --test based on current system state
635
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636* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
637
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638* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
639
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640* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
641
71092d70 642* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 643
50f2a90d 644* io priority during initialization
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647
7ba97195 648* systemd-python:
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650 works with ^C
b04c8c83 651 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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653* bootchart:
654 - plot per-process IO utilization
655 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
656 - document initcall_debug
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657 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
658
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659* udev-link-config:
660 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
661 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
662 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 663
88e4d1d7 664* sd-rtnl:
32216660 665 - add support for exiting containers without reading them fully first
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666 - add support for more attribute types
667
0a4b9a07 668* networkd:
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669 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
670 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 671 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 672 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
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673 - add IPv4LL tests (inspire by DHCP)
674 - add IPv4LL to man pages. Explain coexistance between DHCP
675 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
676 - change LL address generation and make it predictable like get_mac() (link-config.c)
677 - have smooth transition from LL to routable address, without disconnecting clients.
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2f8cd170 679External:
74fe1fe3 680
cc9784c6 681* dbus:
3377af3e 682 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 683 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 684
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685* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
686
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687* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
688
9096ad36 689* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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691* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
692 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
693 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
694 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
695 the RTC to sync up.
696
71092d70 697* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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700
701* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
702
703* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
704
705* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
706
707* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
708
d2bbca68 709* 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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711* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
712
713* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 714
4641a16b 715* 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 717Regularly:
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129126f3 719* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 720
129126f3 721* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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723* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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71092d70 727* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 728
4db17f29 729* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 733Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 735* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)