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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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3* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
4 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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6* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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8* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
9 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
10 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
11
a40593a0 12* 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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d19e85f0 14After killing 'systemd --user', systemctl restart user@... fails.
afea8d38 15/run/user/1000/systemd/notify has to be removed manually.
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17ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
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19 [Service]
20 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
21 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
22
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23MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the commandline.
24str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
25report the failure properly.
26
27
f38afcd0 28External:
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 30
f38afcd0 31* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 32
81429136 33* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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35* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
36
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37* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
38
39* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
40 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
41
81429136 42Features:
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44* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
45
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46* kdbus: maybe rename "connection name" concept to something that doesn't reuse the word "name"?
47
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48* PID 1 doesn't apply nspawns devices cgroup policy
49
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50* rework journal-send.c to use memfds for large blobs if they are available instead of unlinked files in /tmp. Also, if we detect that the kernel knows memfds, refuse anything but sealed memfds.
51
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52* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
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54* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
55
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56* bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
57 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
58 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
59 253 messages)
60
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61* busctl: add a pcap writer, using LINKTYPE_DBUS/231
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63* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
64
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65* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
66
67* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
68
69* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
70
71* systemctl: if it fails, show log output?
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73* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
74
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75* dbus: add new message hdr field for allowing interactive auth, write spec for it. update dbus spec to mandate that unknown flags *must* be ignored...
76
77* maybe introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true...
78
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79* remove multi-seat-x now
80
81* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
82
83* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
84
d74f9e8e 85* apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only,
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86 instead of both "initializing" and "starting". maybe rename the
87 timeout to "initialization-timeout" then or so?
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89* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
90 journals in.
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92* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
93
94* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
95 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
96 parsing callbacks should use it.
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98* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
99 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
100 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
101 complete.
102
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103* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
104
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105* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
106
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107* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
108 units are shown.
109
b873d33e 110* networkd:
d61bb44a 111 - add LLDP client side support
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112 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
113 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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114 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
115 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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116 - expose in the API the following bits:
117 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
118 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
119 - option 100, 101, timezone
120 - option 123, 144, geolocation
121 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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122 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
123 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
124 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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125 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
126 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
b873d33e 127
9d6db739 128* resolved:
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129 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
130 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 131 - DNSSEC
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132 - use base64 for key presentation?
133 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 134 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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135 - DNS
136 - search paths
9d6db739 137 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 138 - avahi compat
9d6db739 139 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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140 - edns0
141 - dname
b6b63571 142 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 143
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144* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
145 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
146 pull-in the policy.
147
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148* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
149
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150* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
151
fed515f0 152* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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154* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
155
a01647e5 156* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 157 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 158 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 159 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 160
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161* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
162
163* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
164
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165* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
166
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167* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
168
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169* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
170
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171* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
172
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173* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
174
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175* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
176 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 177
f598ac3e 178* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
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180* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
181
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182* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
183
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184* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
185
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186* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
187
188* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
189
6a3f892a 190* gpt-auto-generator:
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191 - Support LUKS for root devices
192 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 193 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 194
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195* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
196 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 197 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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198 the most common operations.
199
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200* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
201 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
202 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 203
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204* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
205
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206* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
207 /proc/$PID/exe
208
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209* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
210 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
211 for ReusePort=
212
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213* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
214 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
215 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
216 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
217 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
218
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219* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
220
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221* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
222 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
223 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
224 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
225 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
226 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
227
ef417cfd 228* completions:
ef417cfd 229 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 230
f38afcd0 231* cgroups:
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232 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
233 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
234 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
235 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
236 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
237 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
238 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 239
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240* transient units:
241 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
242 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
243 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 244
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245* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
246
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247* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
248
f38afcd0 249* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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251* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
252
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253* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
254
94676f3e 255* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 256
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257* 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
258
7f79cd71 259* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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261* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
262 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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263 path anyway.
264
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265* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
266
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267* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
268 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 269 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 270
6aaa8c2f 271* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 272
d28315e4 273* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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275* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
276
277* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
278
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279* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
280 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
281
6bb648a1 282* sd-bus:
d28315e4 283 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 284 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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285 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
286 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
287 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 288 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 289 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 290 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 291 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 292 - 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 293 - longer term: priority inheritance
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294 - dbus spec updates:
295 - kdbus mapping
296 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
297 - GVariant
bee7e928 298 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 299 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 300 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 301 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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303* sd-event
12179984 304 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 305 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 306
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307* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
308 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
309 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
310
69af4503 311* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 312
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313* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
314 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
315
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316* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
317
318* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
319
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320* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
321
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322* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
323
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324* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
325
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326* test/:
327 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
328 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 329
b5c03638 330* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 331 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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332 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
333 destination.
334
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335* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
336 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
337
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338* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
339
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340* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
341 need manual exponential loops after all
342
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343* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
344 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
345 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
346 is installed.
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348* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
349 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
350 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
351 that automatically.
352
e5ec62c5 353* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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355* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
356
d28315e4 357* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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359* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
360
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361* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
362
363* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
364
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365* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
366
356ce991 367* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 368
81d112a8 369* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 370
b44be3ec 371* EFI:
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372 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
373 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 374 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 375
c0fe5db5 376* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 377
b44be3ec 378* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 379
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380* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
381 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 383* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 384
b44be3ec 385* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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387* logind:
388 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
389 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
390 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
391 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
392 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 393 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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394 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
395 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
396 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
397 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
398 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
399 needs setuid().
e673ad04 400
b44be3ec 401* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 402
b44be3ec 403* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 405* journal:
c06bf414 406 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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407 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
408 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
409 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 410 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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411 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
412 - journal: reuse XZ context
413 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
414 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
415 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
416 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
417 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
418 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
419 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 420 - 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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421 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
422 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 423 - 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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424 - 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.
425 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
426 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 427 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 428 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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429 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
430 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
431 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
432 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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433 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
434 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 435 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 436 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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437 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
438 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
439 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
440 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
441 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
442 to syslog when it works again.
443 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
444 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
445 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 446 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 447 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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449* document:
8b8f2591 450 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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452 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 453 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 454 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 455 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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456 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
457 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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458 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
459 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
460 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
461 - man: add more examples to man pages
462 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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464* systemctl:
465 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
466 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
467 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
468 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
469 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
470 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
471 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
472 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 473 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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474 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
475 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
476 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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477 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
478 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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480* unit install:
481 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
482 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 483 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 484
b44be3ec 485* timer units:
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487 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
488 o DST changes
eb124a97 489 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 490 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 491 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we will not support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
90e071d1 492 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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494* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
495
496* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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497 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
498 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 499 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 500 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 501 user did not request anything like it.
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506
507* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 508* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 509* fedup: generator
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512
b44be3ec 513* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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516 waiting for the timeout
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519
d28315e4 520* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
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b44be3ec 522* nspawn:
b44be3ec 523 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 524 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 525 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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529 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
530 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 531 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 532
424a19f8 533* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 534 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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536* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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540* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
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542* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
543
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544* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
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547
68f16003 548* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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551 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 552 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 553 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 554 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 555 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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88a6c589 561* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 562
9946996c 563* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 564 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
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567
59cea26a 568* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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573 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
574 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
575 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
576 - blocking, needs a thread
577 - run until -EAGAIN
578 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
579 - call umount
580 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
581 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 582
e01a15b7 583* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
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abd55b16 585* udev:
abd55b16 586 - move to LGPL
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588 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 589 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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598
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599* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
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602
603* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
604
70a44afe 605* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
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608 needs to be auto-respawned?
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611
f38afcd0 612* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 613 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 614
d28315e4 615* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 616
7f8aa671 617* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 618
d3c7d7dd 619* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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622 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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627 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
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630
55cdcbac 631* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
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634 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
635 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
636
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638 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
639
71092d70 640* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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643 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
644 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
645 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
646 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
647 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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650
68c7d001 651* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 652 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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654 - status update
7a2a0b90 655 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 656 - remote access
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658 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 659 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 660 - auto-restart
e707c494 661 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 662 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 663 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 664 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 665 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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667 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
668 - how to create your own target
669 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
670 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 672* allow port=0 in .socket units
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260abb78 674* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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678* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
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682* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
683
71092d70 684* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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690 works with ^C
b04c8c83 691 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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694 - plot per-process IO utilization
695 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
696 - document initcall_debug
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700 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
701 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
702 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 703 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 704
88e4d1d7 705* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 706 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 707 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
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0a4b9a07 709* networkd:
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711 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 712 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 713 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 714 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 715 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 716 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 717 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 718 - add support for more bond options
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721 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
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ac976532 723* dhcp:
424a8732 724 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 725 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 726 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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729 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
730 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
731 - write more test cases
732 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
733 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
734 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
735 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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737 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
738 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
739 or interface down
740 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
741 this behavior
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2f8cd170 743External:
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cc9784c6 745* dbus:
3377af3e 746 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 747 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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9096ad36 753* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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71092d70 755* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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d28315e4 759* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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761* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
762
763* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
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765* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
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d2bbca68 767* 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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769* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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771* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
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4641a16b 773* 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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778 does not
779
129126f3 780Regularly:
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129126f3 782* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 783
129126f3 784* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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786* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 790* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 791
4db17f29 792* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 796Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 798* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)