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71092d70 1Bugfixes:
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2* there is nothing to warn about here :)
3 $ systemctl stop systemd-udevd.service systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd-control.socket
4 Warning: Stopping systemd-udevd.service, but it can still be activated by:
5 systemd-udevd-control.socket
6 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket
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8* kill /etc/timezone handling entirely? What does it provide?
9 - /etc/localtime carries the same information already:
10 $ ls -l /etc/localtime; cat /etc/timezone
11 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Jul 27 09:55 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin
12 Europe/Berlin
13 - systemd enforces /usr to be available at bootup, so we can
14 enforce the use of the symlink
15
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16* check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
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18* swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken
19
05677bb7 20* make anaconda write timeout=0 for encrypted devices
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22* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
23 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
24 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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26* make polkit checks async
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a40593a0 28* 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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30* we pull src/core/manager.h into src/shared/src/shared/path-lookup.c which is the wrong direction
31 rename enum "ManagerRunningAs" to "SystemdRunningAs" and move it to shared/
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33* crash happens when running a service as forking and then changing it to simple and reloading.
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35 Jul 09 18:20:57 mop systemd[1]: usbmuxd.service operation timed out. Terminating.
36 Jul 09 18:20:57 mop systemd[1]: Unit usbmuxd.service entered failed state.
37 Jul 09 18:22:24 mop systemd[1]: PID 21814 read from file /var/run/usbmuxd.pid does not exist.
38 Jul 09 18:22:24 mop systemd[1]: Unit usbmuxd.service entered failed state.
39 Jul 09 18:22:33 mop systemd[1]: Reloading.
40 Jul 09 18:22:37 mop systemd[1]: Assertion 's->type == SERVICE_FORKING' failed at src/core/service.c:3007, function service_sigchld_eve...Aborting.
41 Jul 09 18:22:37 mop systemd[1]: Caught <ABRT>, dumped core as pid 21865.
42 Jul 09 18:22:37 mop systemd[1]: Freezing execution.
43 Jul 09 18:22:37 mop [21866]: Process 21865 (systemd) dumped core.
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45* support *static* (/run) hibernate inhibitors. All rpm -i actions should completely prevent any
46 sort of hibernate action until the next reboot. If the kernel or any other base tool is replaced
47 by rpm, the resume path might fail, the for resume needed kernel might even be uninstalled, and
48 the whole situation leads directly to data loss.
49
71092d70 50Features:
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52* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
53
54* testing tool for socket activation: some binary that listens on a socket and passes it on using the usual socket activation protocol to some server.
55
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56* ConditionHost= for filtering services for clusters
57
58* journald: add symlinks and device names to kernel messages
59
60* maybe make systemd-detect-virt suid? or use fscaps?
61
62* consider using __secure_getenv() instead of getenv() in libs
63
64* journald: automatic rekeying with no log messages doesn't appear to work
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66* man: document in ExecStart= explicitly that we don't take shell command lines, only executable names with arguments
67
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68* shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container
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70* nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
71
68f16003 72* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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74* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
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76* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
77 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
78 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
79 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
80 when done. That means clients don't get a succesful method reply,
81 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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68f16003 83* document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
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85* add option to reconfigure success exit codes/signals for services
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87* remember which condition failed for services, not just the fact that something failed
88
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89* use opterr = 0 for all getopt tools
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91* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
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93* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
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95* add proper journal support to "systemctl --user status ..."
96
97* add _SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT= field to journal entries
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99* remove Fedora /dev/null logic from localed.c, now that system-config-keyboard is gone
100 delete /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-system-setup-keyboard.conf from spec file
919a7f39 101
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102* journal: expose current disk usage
103
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104* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
105
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106* wiki: document new logind LockSessions() call
107
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108* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
109
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110* logind: different policy actions for idle, suspend, shutdown blockers: allow idle blockers by default, don't allow suspend blockers by default
111
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112* install README to /etc/rc.d/init.d (if support for that is enabled) helping people who use "ls" there to figure out which services exist.
113
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114* logind: ignore inactive login screens when checking whether power key should be handled
115
88a6c589 116* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
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118* systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
119
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120* syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
121
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122* syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
123
124* syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
125
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126* syscall filter: port to libseccomp
127
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128* logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
129
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130* switch-root: sockets need relabelling
131
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132* segfault in journalctl during /var migration
133
134* systemd-analyze post-boot is broken for initrd
135
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136* man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
137
49f43d5f 138* journalctl should complain if run with uid != 0 and no persistent logs exist
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140* .device aliases need to be implemented with the "following" logic, probably.
141
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142* refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
143
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144* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
145 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
146
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147* journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
148
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149* Document:
150 - PID 1 D-Bus API
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152* introduce Type=pid-file
153
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154* systemctl list-unit-files appears to be broken for symlinked units in /usr/lib
155
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156* maybe allow services with ExecStop= set, but no ExecStart=?
157
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158* efi: implement /forcefsck as uefi variables thus not requiring file system altering to trigger a file system check
159
160* efi: honour language efi variables for default language selection
161
162* efi: honour timezone efi variables for default timezone selection
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164* efi: automatically mount EFI partition to /boot if no such entry exists in /etc/fstab and /boot is empty
165 gummiboot exports the EFI system partion (ESP) device:
166 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderDeviceIdentifier-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
167 Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1F|2)/?/HD(Part1,Sig1FCBC57F-4BFC-4C2B-91A3-9C84FBCD9AF1)
168 '/' is the separator for the device path list
169 HD(Part1,Sig1FCBC57F-4BFC-4C2B-91A3-9C84FBCD9AF1) contains the GPT UUID of the ESP
170
171* read the bootloader performance data (raw TSC) in systemd-analyze
172 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksExec-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
173 19066159288
174 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksInit-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
175 17442940316
176 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksStartMenu-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
177 (only set if the menu was active)
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59cea26a 179* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 180
94734142 181* support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f1a8e221 182
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183* systemctl: when stopping a service which has triggres and warning about it actually check the TriggeredBy= deps fields
184
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185* journal: hook up with EFI firmware log, new kmsg logic
186
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187* handle C-A-Del in logind, like the power/suspend buttons?
188
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189* nspawn: make use of device cgroup contrller by default
190
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191* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
192
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193* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
194
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195* readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
196
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197* (attempt to) make Debianites happy:
198 - implement .d/ auto includes for unit files
199 - add syntax to reset ExecStart= lists (and similar)
200
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201* manipulate CPU governor during boot, set it to performance
202
203* steal SBF management from the kernel
204
205* delay journal /var writeout to after boot if SBF is clean
206
207* move passno parsing to fstab generator
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209* improve !/proc/*/loginuid situation: make /proc/*/loginuid less dependent on CONFIG_AUDIT,
210 or use the users cgroup information when /proc/*/loginuid is not available.
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212* pam_systemd: try to get old session id from cgroup, if audit sessionid cannot be determined
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214* pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
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216* maybe introduce ~/.config/locale.conf and apply it within PAM
217
218* readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
219
220* automount: implement expire
221
eecd1362 222* logind: auto-suspend, auto-shutdown:
d889a206 223 IdleAction=(none|suspend|opportunistic|hibernate|poweroff)
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224 IdleActionDelay=...
225 SessionIdleMode=(explicit|ignore|login)
226 ForceShutdown=(yes|no)
227
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228* services which create their own subcgroups break cgroup-empty notification (needs to be fixed in the kernel)
229
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230* don't delete /tmp/systemd-namespace-* before a process is gone down
231
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232* vconsole: implement setterm -store -foreground xxx --background zzz
233
e01a15b7 234* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 235
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236* fedora: make sshd and pam_loginuid work in nspawn containers
237
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238* fix utmp for console logins in containers
239
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240* Add pretty name for seats in logind
241
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242* nspawn wants dev_setup() for /dev/fd/ and friends?
243
20ffc4c4 244* selinux: merge systemd selinux access controls (dwalsh)
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246* ConditionSecurity= should learn about IMA
247
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248* Auke: merge Auke's bootchart
249
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250* udev: move to LGPL
251
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252* udev systemd unify:
253 - strpcpy(), strpcpyl(), strscpy(), strscpyl()
254 - utf8 validator code
255 - now() vs. now_usec()
20ffc4c4 256
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257* udev: remove network interface renaming, sleep and retry logic, we do
258 no support renaming of interfaces in the conflicting kernel
259 namespace
260
b45f770f 261* udev: find a way to tell udev to not cancel firmware requests when running in initramfs
b8217b7b 262
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263* udev: scsi_id -> sg3_utils -> kill scsi_id
264
265* udev: add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 266
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267* allow configuration of console width/height in vconsole.conf
268
18b754d3 269* cleanup syslog 'priority' vs. 'level' wording
068665b6 270
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271* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
272
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273* 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
274
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275* support container_ttys=
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277* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
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279* journalctl: show multiline log messages sanely, expand tabs, and show all valid utf8 messages
280
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281* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
282
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283* journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
284
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285* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
286
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287* journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the componets would fit
288
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289* add command to systemctl to plot dependency graph as tree (see rhbz 795365)
290
144f0fc0 291* make logind reserve tty9 or so for text logins, so that gdm never picks it up
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292
293* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
294
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295* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
296
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297* Possibly, detect whether SysV init scripts can do reloading by looking for "echo Usage:" lines
298
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299* figure out whether we should leave dbus around during shutdown
300
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301* dbus: in fedora, make the machine a symlink to /etc/machine-id
302
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303* journald: reuse XZ context
304
c4aa65e7 305* logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
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307* journal: API for looking for retrieving "all values of this field"
308
309* journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
310
311* journal: local deserializer of export mode, http server
312
313* journal: message catalog
314
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315* document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
316
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317* systemctl journal command
318
f7357f59 319* journalctl: --cursor support
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320
321* systemctl status: show coredumps
322
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323* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
324
325* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
326
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327* clean up session cgroups that remain after logout (think sshd), but eventually run empty
328
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329* support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
330
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331* logind: allow showing logout dialog from system
332
333* document that %% can be used to write % in a string that is specifier extended
334
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335* when an instanced service exits, remove its parent cgroup too if possible.
336
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337* if we can not get user quota for tmpfs, mount a separate tmpfs instance
338 for every user in /run/user/$USER with a configured maximum size
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340* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
341
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342* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
343 needs to be auto-respawned?
344
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345* Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
346
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347* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
348
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349* something like ConditionExec= or ExecStartPre= without failure state
350
de6c78f8 351* tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 352
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353* don't set $HOME in services unless requested
354
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355* hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
356
d3c7d7dd 357* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 358
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359* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
360 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
361
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362* move PAM code into its own binary
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364* warn if the user stops a service but not its associated socket
0a55b298 365
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366* logind: spawn user@..service on login
367
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368* logind: non-local X11 server handling
369
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370* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
371 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
372
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373* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
374
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375* readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
376
377* readahead: check whether a btrfs volume includes ssd by checking mount flag "ssd"
378
7c697168 379* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 380
71092d70 381* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 382
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383* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
384 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
385 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
386
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387* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
388 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
389
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390* move nss-myhostname into systemd
391
71092d70 392* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 393
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394* drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
395
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396* add support for /bin/mount -s
397
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398* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
399
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400* when failing to start a service due to ratelimiting, try again later, if restart=always is set
401
68c7d001 402* write blog stories about:
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403 - enabling dbus services
404 - status update
7a2a0b90 405 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 406 - remote access
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407 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
408 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
acb14d31 409 - resource control in systemd
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410 - inhibiting
411 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
abdf7993 412 - restart
73090dc8 413
44143309 414* allow port=0 in .socket units
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416* move readahead files into /var, look for them with .path units
417
ba1a5515 418* teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
9408a2d2 419
71092d70 420* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 421
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422* when key file cannot be found, read it from kbd in cryptsetup
423
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424* reuse mkdtemp namespace dirs in /tmp?
425
260abb78 426* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 427
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428* Support --test based on current system state
429
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430* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
431
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432* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
433
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434* configurable jitter for timer events
435
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436* timer events with system resume
437
438* timer events on calendar time
71092d70 439
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440* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
441
8c6db833 442* calendar time support in timer, iCalendar semantics for the timer stuff (RFC2445)
8bf7fea5 443 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=99ee5315dac6211e972fa3f23bcc9a0343ff58c4
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129126f3 445* implicitly import "defaults" settings file into all types
773ba909 446
71092d70 447* writable cgroups dbus properties for live changes
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449* read config fragments for all units from /lib/systemd/system/foobar.service.d/ to override/extend specific settings
450
129126f3 451* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
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452 - rpcbind (/var/run/rpcbind.sock!) HAVEPATCH
453 - cups HAVEPATCH
a625ac1a 454 - postfix, saslauthd
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455 - apache/samba
456 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
457 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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458 - distccd
459
71092d70 460* auditd service files
0ff3dea7 461
71092d70 462* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 463
50f2a90d 464* io priority during initialization
8fe914ec 465
71092d70 466* systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
20604ebc 467
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468* add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
469
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470* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
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2f8cd170 472External:
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cc9784c6 474* dbus:
cc9784c6 475 - dbus --user
3377af3e 476 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
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477 - allow specification of socket mode/umask when allocating DBusServer
478 - allow disabling of fd passing when connecting a AF_UNIX connection
3377af3e 479 - allow disabling of UID passing for AUTH EXTERNAL
b69d29ce 480 - always pass cred data along each message
cc9784c6 481
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482* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
483
7d9e57d2 484* gnome-shell python script/glxinfo/is-accelerated must die
f959c5e6 485
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486* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
487
44143309 488* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys and /sys/fs/cgroup?
06ae4bfe 489
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490* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
491 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
492 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
493 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
494 the RTC to sync up.
495
71092d70 496* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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129126f3 498Regularly:
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129126f3 500* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 501
129126f3 502* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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504* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
8c6db833 505
14212119 506* %m in printf() instead of strerror(errno);
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507
508* pahole
509
71092d70 510* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
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511
512Scheduled for removal (or fixing):
513
514* xxxOverridable dependencies