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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
19aadacf 13* When we detect invalid UTF-8, we cannot use it in an error message:
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14 log...("Path is not UTF-8 clean, ignoring assignment: %s", rvalue);
15
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16* shorten the message to sane length:
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18 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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f38afcd0 20External:
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f38afcd0 22* ps should gain colums for slice
81d112a8 23
f38afcd0 24* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 25 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 26
f38afcd0 27* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 28
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 30
eb124a97 31Features:
154ff088 32
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33* libsystemd-journal returns the object created as first param in sd_journal_new(), sd_bus_new() and suchlike as last...
34
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35* cgroups:
36 - implement system-wide DefaultCPUAccounting=1 switch (and similar for blockio, memory?)
37 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
38 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
39 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
40 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
41 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
42 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
43 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 44
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45* transient units:
46 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
47 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
48 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 49
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50* code cleanup
51 - get rid of readdir_r/dirent_storage stuff, it's unnecessary on Linux
52 - we probably should replace the left-over uses of strv_append() and replace them by strv_push() or strv_extend()
2e41a51e 53
08cd1552 54* switch to SipHash for hashmaps/sets?
718db961 55
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56* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
57
58* move libasyncns into systemd as libsystemd-asyncns
59
f38afcd0 60* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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62* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
63
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64* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
65
94676f3e 66* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 67
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68* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
69
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70* remove NSS usage from PID 1 (notably the specifiers)
71
f38afcd0 72* socket-proxyd:Use a nonblocking alternative to getaddrinfo
41644622 73
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74* 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
75
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76* Add a new Distribute=$NUMBER key to socket units that makes use of SO_REUSEPORT to distribute network traffic on $NUMBER instances
77
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78* move config_parse_path_strv() out of conf-parser.c
79
7f79cd71 80* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 81
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82* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
83 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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84 path anyway.
85
19aadacf 86* When a Type=forking service fails and needed another service, that
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87 service is not cleaned up again when it has StopWhenUnneeded=yes
88 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2013-July/012141.html
89
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90* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
91
19aadacf 92* given that logind/machined now let PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
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93 probably reduce the capability set they retain substantially.
94
6aaa8c2f 95* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 96
e1b7e7ec 97* 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 98
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99* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
100
101* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
102
9444b1f2 103* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 104 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 105 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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106 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
107 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 108
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109* document logic of auto/noauto and fail/nofail in fstab in systemd.mount or systemd-fstab-generator man page
110
19aadacf 111* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
1f263d4d 112
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113* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
114 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
115
eb01ba5d 116* libsystemd-bus:
eb01ba5d 117 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
eb01ba5d 118 - implement translator service
86312ab8 119 - implement monitor logic
07459db6 120 - properly map matches with well-known names against messages with unique names
f38afcd0 121 - when triggering property change events, allow a NULL strv indicate that all properties listed as such are send out as changed
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122 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
123 - support "const" properties as flag
124 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
125 - SD_BUS_COMMENT() macro for inclusion in vtables, syntax inspired by gdbus
0e7be129 126 - sort out error codes for sd_bus_release_name(), distuingish: successful removal from foreign name, from non-existing name
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127 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
128 - kdbus: we need a way to distuingish messages we got due to monitoring from normal messages, since we want to bind methods only to the latter
01390ca8 129 - kdbus: when we do "systemctl daemon-reexec" the call doesn't get properly cancelled
80caea6c 130 - figure out what to do when fields in the kdbus header and in the payload header do not match
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131 - longer term:
132 * priority queues
133 * priority inheritance
6203e07a 134 - fix sd-event hookup when we connect to multiple servers one after the other
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136* sd-event
137 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal
01390ca8 138 - when dispatching an event source then _unref() on it should remove it from the epoll
eb01ba5d 139
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140* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
141 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
142 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
143
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144* Introduce a way how we can kill the main process of a service with KillSignal, but all processes with SIGKILL later on
145 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952634
146
69af4503 147* maybe add a warning to the unit file parses where the access mode of unit files is nonsensical.
19aa7c4f 148
69af4503 149* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 150
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151* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
152 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
153
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154* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
155
156* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
157
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158* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
159
160* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
161
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162* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
163
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164* test/:
165 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
166 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 167
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168* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
169
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170* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
171 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
172 file.
173
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174* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
175 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
176 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
177 destination.
178
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179* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
180 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
181
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182* add ConditionArchitecture= or so
183
184* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
185
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186* Support SO_REUSEPORT with socket activation:
187 - Let systemd maintain a pool of servers.
188 - Use for seamless upgrades, by running the new server before stopping the
189 old.
190
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191* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
192 need manual exponential loops after all
193
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194* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
195 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
196 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
197 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
198
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199* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
200 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
201 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
202 that automatically.
203
e5ec62c5 204* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 205
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206* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
207
54c31a79 208* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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210* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
211
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212* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
213
214* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
215
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216* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
217
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218* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
219
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220* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
221 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
222 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
223 will be activated.
224
356ce991 225* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 226
81d112a8 227* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 228
b44be3ec 229* EFI:
b44be3ec 230 - write man page for efi boot generator
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231 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
232 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 233 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 234
c0fe5db5 235* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 236
b44be3ec 237* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 238
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239* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
240 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 242* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 243
b44be3ec 244* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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246* logind:
247 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
248 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
249 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
250 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
251 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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252 - logind: non-local X11 server handling
253 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
b44be3ec 254 - pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
e5ec62c5 255 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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256 - when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
257 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
258 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
259 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
260 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
261 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
262 needs setuid().
e673ad04 263
b44be3ec 264* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 265
b44be3ec 266* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 267
b44be3ec 268* journal:
c06bf414 269 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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270 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
271 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
272 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
273 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
274 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
275 - journal: reuse XZ context
276 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
277 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
278 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
279 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
280 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
281 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
282 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 283 - 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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284 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
285 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 286 - 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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287 - 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.
288 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
289 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 290 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 291 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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292 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
293 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
294 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
295 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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296 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
297 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 298 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
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299 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
300 - journalctl: support -M to read journal of containers and determine journal directory from root directory of container
301 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
302 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
303 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
304 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
305 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
306 to syslog when it works again.
307 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
308 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
309 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
310 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
311 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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313* document:
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314 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fileds in
315 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
316 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
317 - Document word splitting syntax for ExecStart= and friends
318 - document that units from /etc override those from /usr and /run
319 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 320 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 321 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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322 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
323 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
324 - man: remove .include documentation, and instead push people to use .d/*.conf
325 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
326 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
327 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
328 - man: add more examples to man pages
329 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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331* systemctl:
332 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
333 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
334 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
335 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
336 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
337 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
338 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
339 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
340 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
341 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
342 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
343 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
344 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 345 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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346 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
347 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
348 - in systemctl list-timers show time trggering units ran last
349
350* unit install:
351 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
352 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
353 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
354 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
355 unit however should remove them all).
356 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
357 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 358
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359* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
360
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361* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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363* timer units:
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364 - timer events with system resume
365 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
366 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
367 o DST changes
eb124a97 368 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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369 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
370 - 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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371 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
372 - anacron-like feature
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374* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
375
376* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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377 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
378 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 379 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 380 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 381 user did not request anything like it.
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383* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
384 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
385 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
9ec82de1 386
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387* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
388 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
389 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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390 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
391 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
392 better supported alternative.
e707c494 393
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394* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
395
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396* 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().
397
398* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
399* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
400* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 402* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
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404* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
405
b44be3ec 406* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 407
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408* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
409 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
410 - superset of tmpfiles model
411 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
412 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
413 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
414
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415* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
416 waiting for the timeout
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418* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
419
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420* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
421
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422* nspawn:
423 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with su, so that NSS resolving works correctly
424 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
425 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
426 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
427 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
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429 lxc.network.type=phys mode, and pass through entire network
430 interfaces to the container
431 - nspawn: maybe add a way to drop additional caps, in addition to add additional caps
432 - nspawn: maybe explicitly reset loginuid?
3679d112 433 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
9cb74bcb 434 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
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435 - add an option to nspawn that uses seccomp to make socket(AF_NETLINK,
436 SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_AUDIT) fail the the appropriate error code that
437 makes the audit userspace to think auditing is not available in the
438 kernel.
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440* cryptsetup:
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441 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
442 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
443 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 444 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 445
424a19f8 446* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 447 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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449* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
450
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451* make timer units go away after they elapsed
452
8556879e 453* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 454 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
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456* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
457
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458* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
459
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460* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
461
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462* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
463
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464* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
465
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466* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
467
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468* shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container
469
68f16003 470* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 471
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472* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
473
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474* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
475 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
476 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
477 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 478 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 479 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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481* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
482
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483* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
484
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485* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
486
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487* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
488
88a6c589 489* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
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492 - syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
493 - syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
494 - syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
495 - syscall filter: port to libseccomp
496 - system-wide seccomp filter
c66d36e5 497
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498* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
499 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
500
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501* introduce Type=pid-file
502
59cea26a 503* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 504
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505* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
506
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507* automount: implement expire:
508 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
509 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
510 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
511 - blocking, needs a thread
512 - run until -EAGAIN
513 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
514 - call umount
515 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
516 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 517
e01a15b7 518* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 519
abd55b16 520* udev:
3f60bcb5 521 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 522 - move to LGPL
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524 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 525
18b754d3 526* cleanup syslog 'priority' vs. 'level' wording
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528* when a service has the same env var set twice we actually store it twice and return that in systemctl show -p... We should only show the last setting
529
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530* support container_ttys=
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532* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
533
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534* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
535
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536* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
537
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538* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
539
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540* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
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542* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
543
544* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
545
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547
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548* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
549 needs to be auto-respawned?
550
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551* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
552
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553* tmpfiles:
554 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
555 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 556
b44be3ec 557* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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560
d3c7d7dd 561* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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563* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
564 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
565
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567
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568* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
569 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
570
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571* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
572
7c697168 573* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 574
71092d70 575* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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577* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
578 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
579 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
580
f38afcd0 581* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
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583* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
584 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
585
71092d70 586* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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589 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
590 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
591 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
592 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
593 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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595* add support for /bin/mount -s
596
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597* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
598
68c7d001 599* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 600 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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601 - enabling dbus services
602 - status update
7a2a0b90 603 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 604 - remote access
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605 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
606 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 607 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 608 - auto-restart
e707c494 609 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 610 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 611 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 612 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 613 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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615 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
616 - how to create your own target
617 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
618 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 620* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 621
71092d70 622* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 623
260abb78 624* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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626* Support --test based on current system state
627
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628* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
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632* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
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129126f3 634* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
a625ac1a 635 - postfix, saslauthd
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637 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
638 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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71092d70 641* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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50f2a90d 643* io priority during initialization
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646
7ba97195 647* systemd-python:
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649 works with ^C
b04c8c83 650 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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653 - plot per-process IO utilization
654 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
655 - document initcall_debug
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656 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
657
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658* udev-link-config:
659 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
660 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
661 on Path= matching
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662 - Check if Driver= is broken, or just my driver (bcma)
663
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665 - replace sd_rtnl_message_append() by type-safe versions
666 - improve container support, and add support for entering containers when reading
667 - add support for more attribute types
668
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670 - unify and clarify logging, also use proper structured log messages
671 - add [Route] sections
672 - add more keys to [Address] sections
673 - add DHCPv4 support (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
674 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
675
2f8cd170 676External:
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cc9784c6 678* dbus:
3377af3e 679 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 680 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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682* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
683
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684* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
685
9096ad36 686* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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688* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
689 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
690 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
691 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
692 the RTC to sync up.
693
71092d70 694* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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698* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
699
700* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
701
702* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
703
704* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
705
d2bbca68 706* 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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708* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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710* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
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4641a16b 712* 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 714Regularly:
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129126f3 716* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 717
129126f3 718* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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720* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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71092d70 724* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 725
4db17f29 726* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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729
9e5f3dbb 730Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 732* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)