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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.
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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:
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30* man: move .link, .network and .netdev documentation into their own
31 man pages maybe called "systemd.link(5)", "systemd.network(5)" and
32 "systemd.netdev(5)" or so.
33
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34* extend device cgroup controller support to allow enabling groups of
35 device nodes, so that pts can be allowed in whole. For that,
36 introduce the syntax "block-XYZ" and "char-XYZ" in addition to the
37 existing "/dev/foobar", where XYZ then is looked up in /proc/devices
38 and mapped to one or more majors.
39
40* Add all pts device nodes to those allowed by default when the device
41 controller is used.
42
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43* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
44 /proc/$PID/exe
45
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46* systemctl (and possibly related tools): support a new switch that
47 allows enumerating units in local containers recursively. "systemctl
48 list-units -R" or so should not only lists on the host, but also the
49 services in all containers in a pretty way, to give an overview of
50 the entire system. Also, maybe add "systemctl list-machines" which
51 works like "machinectl list" but includes information about the
52 health status of each registered machine. For that we should
53 probably implement something that encodes the system health status
54 in a single enum state, i.e. something like a system-wide state
55 starting → running → failed → stopping, that is based on the current
56 job queue and a check for failed services. Maybe then change
57 "systemctl status" without args to output this state along with a
58 selection of other data, such as the uptime or so.
59
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60* Add a seccomp-based filter for socket() calls to limit services to
61 specific address families (for example: AF_UNIX), inspired by
62 Android's sandboxing
63
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64* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
65 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
66 for ReusePort=
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68* add a timelimit to generator invocation
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70* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
71 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
72 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
73 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
74 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
75
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76* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
77
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78* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
79 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
80 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
81 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
82 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
83 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
84
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85* completions:
86 - busctl zsh completion is outdated
87 - systemd-nspawn -Z/-L/-q is missing for zsh
88 - systemd-nspawn completion is missing for bash
89 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
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91* cgroups:
92 - implement system-wide DefaultCPUAccounting=1 switch (and similar for blockio, memory?)
93 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
94 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
95 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
96 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
97 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
98 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
99 the hierarchies of child processes
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101* transient units:
102 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
103 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
104 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 105
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106* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
107
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108* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
109
f38afcd0 110* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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112* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
113
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114* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
115
94676f3e 116* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 117
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118* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
119
af1082b0 120* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
41644622 121
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122* 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
123
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124* move config_parse_path_strv() out of conf-parser.c
125
7f79cd71 126* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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128* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
129 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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130 path anyway.
131
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132* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
133
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134* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
135 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 136 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 137
6aaa8c2f 138* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 139
e1b7e7ec 140* 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 141
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142* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
143
144* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
145
9444b1f2 146* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 147 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 148 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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149 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
150 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 151
19aadacf 152* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
1f263d4d 153
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154* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
155 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
156
6bb648a1 157* sd-bus:
eb01ba5d 158 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
86312ab8 159 - implement monitor logic
f38afcd0 160 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 161 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
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162 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
163 - upload minimal kdbus policy into the kernel at boot
80caea6c 164 - 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 165 - longer term: priority inheritance
452de75e 166 - check sender of response messages
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167 - dbus spec updates:
168 - kdbus mapping
169 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
170 - GVariant
bee7e928 171 - "const" properties (posted)
00586799 172 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
6a8b5fa4 173 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
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174 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
175 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
69727e6d 176 - test bloom filter generation indexes
2fcb3af6 177 - 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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178 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
179 - constructors for bus messages should probably not be OK with a NULL bus pointer
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181* sd-event
12179984 182 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 183
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184* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
185 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
186 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
187
69af4503 188* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 189
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190* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
191 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
192
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193* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
194
195* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
196
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197* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
198
199* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
200
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201* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
202
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203* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
204
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205* test/:
206 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
207 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 208
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209* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
210
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211* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
212 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
213 file.
214
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215* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
216 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
217 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
218 destination.
219
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220* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
221 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
222
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223* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
224
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225* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
226 need manual exponential loops after all
227
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228* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
229 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
230 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
231 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
232
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233* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
234 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
235 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
236 that automatically.
237
e5ec62c5 238* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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240* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
241
54c31a79 242* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 243
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244* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
245
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246* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
247
248* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
249
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250* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
251
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252* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
253
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254* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
255 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
256 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
257 will be activated.
258
356ce991 259* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 260
81d112a8 261* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 262
b44be3ec 263* EFI:
b44be3ec 264 - write man page for efi boot generator
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265 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
266 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 267 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 268
c0fe5db5 269* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 270
b44be3ec 271* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 272
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273* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
274 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 276* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 277
b44be3ec 278* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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280* logind:
281 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
282 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
283 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
284 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
285 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
b44be3ec 286 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
e5ec62c5 287 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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288 - when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
289 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
290 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
291 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
292 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
293 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
294 needs setuid().
e673ad04 295
b44be3ec 296* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 297
b44be3ec 298* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 299
b44be3ec 300* journal:
c06bf414 301 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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302 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
303 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
304 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
305 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
306 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
307 - journal: reuse XZ context
308 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
309 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
310 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
311 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
312 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
313 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
314 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 315 - 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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316 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
317 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 318 - 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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319 - 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.
320 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
321 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 322 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 323 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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324 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
325 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
326 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
327 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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328 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
329 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 330 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 331 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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332 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
333 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
334 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
335 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
336 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
337 to syslog when it works again.
338 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
339 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
340 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
341 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
342 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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344* document:
8b8f2591 345 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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346 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
347 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 348 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 349 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 350 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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351 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
352 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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353 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
354 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
355 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
356 - man: add more examples to man pages
357 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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359* systemctl:
360 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
361 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
362 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
363 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
364 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
365 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
366 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
367 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
368 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
369 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
370 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
371 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
372 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 373 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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374 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
375 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
8b8f2591 376 - in systemctl list-timers show time triggering units ran last
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378* unit install:
379 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
380 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
381 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
382 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
383 unit however should remove them all).
384 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
385 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 386
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387* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
388
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389* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
390
391* timer units:
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392 - timer events with system resume
393 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
394 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
395 o DST changes
eb124a97 396 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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397 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
398 - 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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399 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
400 - anacron-like feature
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402* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
403
404* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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405 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
406 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 407 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 408 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 409 user did not request anything like it.
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411* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
412 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
413 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
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415* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
416 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
417 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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418 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
419 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
420 better supported alternative.
e707c494 421
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422* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
423
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424* 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().
425
426* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
427* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
428* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 430* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
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432* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
433
b44be3ec 434* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 435
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436* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
437 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
438 - superset of tmpfiles model
439 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
440 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
441 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
442
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443* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
444 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 445
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446* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
447
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448* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
449
b44be3ec 450* nspawn:
86d0d519 451 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with /usr/bin/getent, so that NSS resolving works correctly
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452 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
453 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
454 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
455 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
3679d112 456 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
9cb74bcb 457 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 458 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
af1082b0 459 - maybe: hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
af1082b0 460 - allow booting disk images with a GPT signature using the bootloaderspec partition uuids
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462* cryptsetup:
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463 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
464 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
465 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 466 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 467
424a19f8 468* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 469 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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471* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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473* make timer units go away after they elapsed
474
8556879e 475* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 476 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 477
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478* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
479
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480* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
481
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482* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
483
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484* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
485
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486* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
487
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488* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
489
68f16003 490* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 491
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492* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
493
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494* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
495 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
496 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
497 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 498 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 499 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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501* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
502
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503* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
504
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505* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
506
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507* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
508
88a6c589 509* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 510
bcd02123 511* syscall filter: optionally don't enforce no new privs?
c66d36e5 512
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513* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
514 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
515
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516* introduce Type=pid-file
517
59cea26a 518* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 519
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520* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
521
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522* automount: implement expire:
523 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
524 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
525 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
526 - blocking, needs a thread
527 - run until -EAGAIN
528 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
529 - call umount
530 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
531 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 532
e01a15b7 533* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 534
abd55b16 535* udev:
3f60bcb5 536 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 537 - move to LGPL
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539 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 540 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 541
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542* 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
543
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544* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
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546* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
547
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548* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
549
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550* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
551
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552* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
553
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554* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
555
556* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
557
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558* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
559
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560* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
561 needs to be auto-respawned?
562
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563* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
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565* tmpfiles:
566 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
567 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 568
b44be3ec 569* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 570
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572
d3c7d7dd 573* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 574
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575* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
576 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
577
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580* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
581 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
582
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583* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
584
7c697168 585* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 586
71092d70 587* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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589* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
590 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
591 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
592
f38afcd0 593* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
a012ab52 594
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595* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
596 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
597
71092d70 598* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 599
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600* readahead:
601 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
602 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
603 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
604 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
605 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 606
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607* add support for /bin/mount -s
608
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609* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
610
68c7d001 611* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 612 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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613 - enabling dbus services
614 - status update
7a2a0b90 615 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 616 - remote access
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617 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
618 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 619 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 620 - auto-restart
e707c494 621 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 622 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 623 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 624 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 625 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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626 - calendar time events
627 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
628 - how to create your own target
629 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
630 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 632* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 633
71092d70 634* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 635
260abb78 636* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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638* Support --test based on current system state
639
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640* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
641
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642* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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644* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
645
71092d70 646* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 647
50f2a90d 648* io priority during initialization
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651
7ba97195 652* systemd-python:
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654 works with ^C
b04c8c83 655 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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657* bootchart:
658 - plot per-process IO utilization
659 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
660 - document initcall_debug
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662
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664 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
665 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
666 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 667
88e4d1d7 668* sd-rtnl:
32216660 669 - add support for exiting containers without reading them fully first
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671
0a4b9a07 672* networkd:
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673 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
674 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 675 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 676 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
0a4b9a07 677
2f8cd170 678External:
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cc9784c6 680* dbus:
3377af3e 681 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 682 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 683
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685
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686* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
687
9096ad36 688* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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690* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
691 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
692 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
693 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
694 the RTC to sync up.
695
71092d70 696* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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699
700* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
701
702* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
703
704* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
705
706* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
707
d2bbca68 708* 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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710* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
711
712* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 713
4641a16b 714* 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 716Regularly:
874aa2cc 717
129126f3 718* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 719
129126f3 720* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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722* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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71092d70 726* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 727
4db17f29 728* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 732Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 734* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)