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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
19aadacf 2* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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3 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
4 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
5 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 12
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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
bafb15ba 27
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28Preparation for 209:
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30* Review new libraries
31
32* Rework cgroup propagation logic
33
34* libsystemd-journal returns the object created as first param in sd_journal_new(), sd_bus_new() and suchlike as last...
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36* Merge Distribute= patches for .socket units
37
eb124a97 38Features:
154ff088 39
86d0d519 40* maybe: hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
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42* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
43 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
44 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
45 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
46 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
47
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48* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
49
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50* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
51 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
52 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
53 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
54 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
55 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
56
3333d748 57* machinectl bash completion is missing
708c143c 58* busctl bash and zsh completions are outdated
3333d748 59
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60* cgroups:
61 - implement system-wide DefaultCPUAccounting=1 switch (and similar for blockio, memory?)
62 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
63 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
64 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
65 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
66 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
67 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
68 the hierarchies of child processes
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70* transient units:
71 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
72 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
73 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 74
08cd1552 75* code cleanup
08cd1552 76 - we probably should replace the left-over uses of strv_append() and replace them by strv_push() or strv_extend()
2e41a51e 77
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78* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
79
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80* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
81
f38afcd0 82* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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84* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
85
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86* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
87
94676f3e 88* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 89
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90* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
91
f38afcd0 92* socket-proxyd:Use a nonblocking alternative to getaddrinfo
41644622 93
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94* 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
95
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96* move config_parse_path_strv() out of conf-parser.c
97
7f79cd71 98* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 99
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100* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
101 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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102 path anyway.
103
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104* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
105
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106* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
107 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 108 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 109
6aaa8c2f 110* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 111
e1b7e7ec 112* 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 113
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114* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
115
116* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
117
9444b1f2 118* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 119 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 120 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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121 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
122 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 123
19aadacf 124* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
1f263d4d 125
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126* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
127 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
128
6bb648a1 129* sd-bus:
eb01ba5d 130 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
86312ab8 131 - implement monitor logic
f38afcd0 132 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 133 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
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134 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
135 - upload minimal kdbus policy into the kernel at boot
80caea6c 136 - 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 137 - longer term: priority inheritance
452de75e 138 - check sender of response messages
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139 - dbus spec updates:
140 - kdbus mapping
141 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
142 - GVariant
bee7e928 143 - "const" properties (posted)
00586799 144 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
6a8b5fa4 145 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
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146 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
147 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
69727e6d 148 - test bloom filter generation indexes
2fcb3af6 149 - 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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151* sd-event
12179984 152 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 153
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154* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
155 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
156 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
157
69af4503 158* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 159
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160* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
161 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
162
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163* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
164
165* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
166
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167* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
168
169* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
170
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171* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
172
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173* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
174
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175* test/:
176 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
177 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 178
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179* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
180
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181* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
182 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
183 file.
184
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185* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
186 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
187 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
188 destination.
189
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190* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
191 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
192
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193* add ConditionArchitecture= or so
194
195* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
196
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197* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
198 need manual exponential loops after all
199
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200* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
201 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
202 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
203 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
204
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205* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
206 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
207 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
208 that automatically.
209
e5ec62c5 210* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 211
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212* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
213
54c31a79 214* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 215
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216* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
217
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218* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
219
220* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
221
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222* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
223
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224* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
225
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226* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
227 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
228 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
229 will be activated.
230
356ce991 231* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 232
81d112a8 233* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 234
b44be3ec 235* EFI:
b44be3ec 236 - write man page for efi boot generator
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237 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
238 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 239 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 240
c0fe5db5 241* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 242
b44be3ec 243* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 244
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245* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
246 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
3040728b 247
b44be3ec 248* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 249
b44be3ec 250* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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252* logind:
253 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
254 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
255 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
256 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
257 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
b44be3ec 258 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
e5ec62c5 259 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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260 - when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
261 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
262 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
263 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
264 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
265 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
266 needs setuid().
e673ad04 267
b44be3ec 268* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 269
b44be3ec 270* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 271
b44be3ec 272* journal:
c06bf414 273 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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274 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
275 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
276 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
277 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
278 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
279 - journal: reuse XZ context
280 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
281 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
282 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
283 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
284 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
285 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
286 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 287 - 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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288 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
289 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 290 - 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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291 - 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.
292 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
293 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 294 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 295 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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296 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
297 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
298 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
299 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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300 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
301 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 302 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 303 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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304 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
305 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
306 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
307 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
308 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
309 to syslog when it works again.
310 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
311 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
312 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
313 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
314 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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316* document:
8b8f2591 317 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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318 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
319 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 320 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 321 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 322 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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323 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
324 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
325 - man: remove .include documentation, and instead push people to use .d/*.conf
326 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
327 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
328 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
329 - man: add more examples to man pages
330 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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332* systemctl:
333 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
334 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
335 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
336 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
337 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
338 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
339 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
340 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
341 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
342 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
343 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
344 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
345 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 346 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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347 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
348 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
8b8f2591 349 - in systemctl list-timers show time triggering units ran last
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351* unit install:
352 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
353 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
354 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
355 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
356 unit however should remove them all).
357 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
358 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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360* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
361
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362* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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364* timer units:
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365 - timer events with system resume
366 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
367 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
368 o DST changes
eb124a97 369 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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370 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
371 - 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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372 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
373 - anacron-like feature
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375* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
376
377* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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378 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
379 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 380 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 381 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 382 user did not request anything like it.
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384* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
385 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
386 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
9ec82de1 387
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388* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
389 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
390 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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391 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
392 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
393 better supported alternative.
e707c494 394
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395* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
396
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397* 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().
398
399* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
400* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
401* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 403* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
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405* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
406
b44be3ec 407* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 408
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409* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
410 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
411 - superset of tmpfiles model
412 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
413 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
414 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
415
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416* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
417 waiting for the timeout
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419* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
420
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421* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
422
b44be3ec 423* nspawn:
86d0d519 424 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with /usr/bin/getent, so that NSS resolving works correctly
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425 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
426 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
427 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
428 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
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429 - nspawn: investigate whether we can support the same as LXC's
430 lxc.network.type=phys mode, and pass through entire network
431 interfaces to the container
3679d112 432 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
9cb74bcb 433 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 434 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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436* cryptsetup:
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437 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
438 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
439 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 440 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 441
424a19f8 442* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 443 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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445* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
446
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447* make timer units go away after they elapsed
448
8556879e 449* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 450 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 451
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452* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
453
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454* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
455
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456* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
457
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458* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
459
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460* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
461
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462* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
463
68f16003 464* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 465
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466* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
467
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468* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
469 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
470 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
471 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 472 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 473 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 474
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475* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
476
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477* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
478
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479* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
480
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481* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
482
88a6c589 483* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 484
bcd02123 485* syscall filter: optionally don't enforce no new privs?
c66d36e5 486
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487* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
488 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
489
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490* introduce Type=pid-file
491
59cea26a 492* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 493
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494* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
495
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496* automount: implement expire:
497 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
498 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
499 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
500 - blocking, needs a thread
501 - run until -EAGAIN
502 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
503 - call umount
504 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
505 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 506
e01a15b7 507* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 508
abd55b16 509* udev:
3f60bcb5 510 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 511 - move to LGPL
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512 - kill scsi_id
513 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 514
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515* 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
516
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517* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
518
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519* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
520
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521* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
522
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523* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
524
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525* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
526
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527* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
528
529* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
530
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531* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
532
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533* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
534 needs to be auto-respawned?
535
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536* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
537
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538* tmpfiles:
539 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
540 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 541
b44be3ec 542* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 543
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544* hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
545
d3c7d7dd 546* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 547
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548* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
549 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
550
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551* move PAM code into its own binary
552
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553* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
554 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
555
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556* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
557
7c697168 558* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 559
71092d70 560* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 561
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562* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
563 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
564 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
565
f38afcd0 566* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
a012ab52 567
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569 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
570
71092d70 571* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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574 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
575 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
576 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
577 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
578 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 579
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580* add support for /bin/mount -s
581
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582* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
583
68c7d001 584* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 585 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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586 - enabling dbus services
587 - status update
7a2a0b90 588 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 589 - remote access
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590 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
591 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 592 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 593 - auto-restart
e707c494 594 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 595 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 596 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 597 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 598 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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600 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
601 - how to create your own target
602 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
603 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 604
44143309 605* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 606
71092d70 607* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 608
260abb78 609* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 610
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611* Support --test based on current system state
612
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613* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
614
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615* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
616
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617* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
618
71092d70 619* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 620
50f2a90d 621* io priority during initialization
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624
7ba97195 625* systemd-python:
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627 works with ^C
b04c8c83 628 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 629
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631 - plot per-process IO utilization
632 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
633 - document initcall_debug
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634 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
635
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636* udev-link-config:
637 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
638 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
639 on Path= matching
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640 - Check if Driver= is broken, or just my driver (bcma)
641
88e4d1d7 642* sd-rtnl:
32216660 643 - add support for exiting containers without reading them fully first
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645
0a4b9a07 646* networkd:
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647 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
648 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
649 - allow opting out of receiving DNS servers over DHCPv4
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650 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
651
2f8cd170 652External:
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cc9784c6 654* dbus:
3377af3e 655 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 656 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 657
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658* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
659
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660* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
661
9096ad36 662* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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664* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
665 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
666 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
667 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
668 the RTC to sync up.
669
71092d70 670* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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672* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
673
674* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
675
676* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
677
678* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
679
680* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
681
d2bbca68 682* 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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684* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
685
686* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 687
4641a16b 688* 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 690Regularly:
874aa2cc 691
129126f3 692* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 693
129126f3 694* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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696* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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698* pahole
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71092d70 700* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 701
4db17f29 702* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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705
9e5f3dbb 706Scheduled for removal or fixing:
a3a3e5b6 707
9e5f3dbb 708* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)