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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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19aadacf 4* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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5 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
6 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
7 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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9* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
10 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
11 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
12
a40593a0 13* 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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15* shorten the message to sane length:
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17 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.
18
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19* systemctl --root=container/ set-default ... is totally borked.
20
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21* sd_bus_unref() is broken regarding self-references and "pseudo thread-safety".
22 See the comment in sd_bus_unref() for more..
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f38afcd0 24External:
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f38afcd0 26* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 27 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 28
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 30
f38afcd0 31* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 32
eb124a97 33Features:
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35* sd-resolve: add callback api
36
37* ImmutableSystem=yes/no or so to mount /usr, /boot read-only/invisible, and leave /var and /etc writable
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39* InaccessibleHome=yes/no or so to hide /home and /run/user from a service
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41* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode
42
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43* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
44
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45* add "M" as recursive version of "m" to tmpfiles, then use it for
46 chowning /run/log/journal (but not /var/log/journal), so that we
47 adjust the perms of journal files created before tmpfiles ran.
48
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49* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
50
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51* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
52
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53* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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55* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
56
6a3f892a 57* gpt-auto-generator:
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58 - Support LUKS for root devices
59 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 60 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 61
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62* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
63 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
64 don't have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
65 the most common operations.
66
726a6e96 67* support transient mount units
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69* add an "input" group to udev logic and add all input devices to it
70
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71* machined: provide calls GetMachineByAddress() on the manager
72 interface to get the machine for a local IP address, and
73 GetAddress() on the Machine interface to get the Address for a
74 machine. Implement via forking off child process which quickly joins
75 the cotnainer and passes data to parent. Show this in "machinectl
76 status", and use it to implement NSS module to provide automatic
77 name resolution for containers.
78
79* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
80 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
81 when it is otherwise off
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83* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
84
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85* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
86 /proc/$PID/exe
87
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88* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
89 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
90 for ReusePort=
91
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92* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
93 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
94 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
95 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
96 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
97
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98* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
99
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100* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
101 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
102 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
103 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
104 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
105 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
106
ef417cfd 107* completions:
ef417cfd 108 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 109
f38afcd0 110* cgroups:
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111 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
112 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
113 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
114 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
115 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
116 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
117 the hierarchies of child processes
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119* transient units:
120 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
121 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
122 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 123
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124* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
125
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126* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
127
f38afcd0 128* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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130* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
131
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132* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
133
94676f3e 134* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 135
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136* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
137
af1082b0 138* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
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140* 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
141
7f79cd71 142* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 143
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144* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
145 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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146 path anyway.
147
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148* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
149
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150* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
151 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 152 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 153
6aaa8c2f 154* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 155
e1b7e7ec 156* 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 157
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158* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
159
160* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
161
9444b1f2 162* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 163 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 164 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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165 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
166 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 167
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168* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
169 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
170
6bb648a1 171* sd-bus:
eb01ba5d 172 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
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173 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
174 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
175 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
176 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
177 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
178 - constructors for bus messages should probably not be OK with a NULL bus pointer
179 - .busname units should not use get_user_creds()/get_cgroup_creds() but instead do NSS only in temporarily forked off child
f38afcd0 180 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 181 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
80caea6c 182 - 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 183 - longer term: priority inheritance
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184 - dbus spec updates:
185 - kdbus mapping
186 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
187 - GVariant
bee7e928 188 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 189 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 190 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 191 - test bloom filter generation indexes
0f3e07b7 192 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
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194* sd-event
12179984 195 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 196
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197* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
198 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
199 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
200
69af4503 201* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 202
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203* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
204 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
205
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206* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
207
208* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
209
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210* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
211
212* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
213
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214* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
215
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216* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
217
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218* test/:
219 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
220 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 221
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222* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
223
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224* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
225 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
226 file.
227
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228* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
229 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
230 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
231 destination.
232
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233* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
234 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
235
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236* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
237
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238* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
239 need manual exponential loops after all
240
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241* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
242 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
243 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
244 is installed.
795607b2 245
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246* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
247 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
248 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
249 that automatically.
250
e5ec62c5 251* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 252
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253* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
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54c31a79 255* 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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257* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
258
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259* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
260
261* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
262
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263* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
264
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265* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
266
356ce991 267* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 268
81d112a8 269* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 270
b44be3ec 271* EFI:
b44be3ec 272 - write man page for efi boot generator
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273 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
274 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 275 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 276
c0fe5db5 277* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 278
b44be3ec 279* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 280
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281* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
282 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 284* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 285
b44be3ec 286* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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288* logind:
289 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
290 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
291 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
292 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
293 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 294 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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295 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
296 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
297 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
298 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
299 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
300 needs setuid().
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b44be3ec 302* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 303
b44be3ec 304* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 305
b44be3ec 306* journal:
c06bf414 307 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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308 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
309 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
310 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
311 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
312 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
313 - journal: reuse XZ context
314 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
315 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
316 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
317 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
318 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
319 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
320 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 321 - 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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322 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
323 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 324 - 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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325 - 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.
326 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
327 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 328 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 329 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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330 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
331 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
332 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
333 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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334 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
335 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 336 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 337 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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338 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
339 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
340 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
341 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
342 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
343 to syslog when it works again.
344 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
345 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
346 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
347 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
348 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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350* document:
8b8f2591 351 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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352 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
353 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 354 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 355 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 356 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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357 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
358 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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359 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
360 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
361 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
362 - man: add more examples to man pages
363 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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365* systemctl:
366 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
367 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
368 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
369 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
370 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
371 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
372 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
373 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
374 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
375 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
376 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
377 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
378 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 379 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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380 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
381 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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383* unit install:
384 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
385 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
386 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
387 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
388 unit however should remove them all).
389 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
390 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 391
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392* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
393
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394* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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396* timer units:
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397 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
398 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
399 o DST changes
eb124a97 400 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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401 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
402 - 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
90e071d1 403 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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405* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
406
407* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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408 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
409 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 410 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 411 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 412 user did not request anything like it.
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414* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
415 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
416 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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417 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
418 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
419 better supported alternative.
e707c494 420
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421* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
422
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423* 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().
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425* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
426* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
427* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 429* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
6d0274f1 430
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431* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
432
b44be3ec 433* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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435* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
436 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
437 - superset of tmpfiles model
438 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
439 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
440 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
441
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442* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
443 waiting for the timeout
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445* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
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447* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
448
b44be3ec 449* nspawn:
b44be3ec 450 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
b44be3ec 451 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9e281251 452 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters
9cb74bcb 453 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 454 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
af1082b0 455 - maybe: hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
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456 - generate predictable mac addresses for the netdev we create (host0), maybe based on guest's machine
457 name and machine-id of host (?)
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459* cryptsetup:
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460 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
461 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
462 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 463 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 464
424a19f8 465* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 466 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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468* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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470* make timer units go away after they elapsed
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8556879e 472* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 473 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 474
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475* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
476
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477* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
478
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479* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
480
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481* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
482
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483* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
484
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485* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
486
68f16003 487* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 488
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489* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
490
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491* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
492 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
493 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
494 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 495 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 496 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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498* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
499
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500* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
501
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502* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
503
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504* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
505
88a6c589 506* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
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508* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
509 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
510
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511* introduce Type=pid-file
512
59cea26a 513* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 514
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515* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
516
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517* automount: implement expire:
518 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
519 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
520 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
521 - blocking, needs a thread
522 - run until -EAGAIN
523 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
524 - call umount
525 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
526 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 527
e01a15b7 528* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 529
abd55b16 530* udev:
3f60bcb5 531 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 532 - move to LGPL
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534 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 535 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 536
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537* 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
538
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539* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
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542
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543* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
544
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545* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
546
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547* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
548
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549* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
550
551* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
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553* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
554
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555* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
556 needs to be auto-respawned?
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558* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
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560* tmpfiles:
561 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
562 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 563
b44be3ec 564* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 565
7f8aa671 566* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 567
d3c7d7dd 568* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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570* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
571 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
572
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575* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
576 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
577
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578* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
579
7c697168 580* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 581
71092d70 582* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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585 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
586 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
587
f38afcd0 588* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
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591 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
592
71092d70 593* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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595* readahead:
596 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
597 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
598 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
599 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
600 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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602* add support for /bin/mount -s
603
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604* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
605
68c7d001 606* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 607 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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608 - enabling dbus services
609 - status update
7a2a0b90 610 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 611 - remote access
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612 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
613 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 614 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 615 - auto-restart
e707c494 616 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 617 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 618 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 619 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 620 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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622 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
623 - how to create your own target
624 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
625 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 627* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 628
71092d70 629* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 630
260abb78 631* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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634
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635* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
636
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637* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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639* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
640
71092d70 641* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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50f2a90d 643* io priority during initialization
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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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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
af6f0d42 662
88e4d1d7 663* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 664 - add support for more attribute types
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665 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
666 - add support for multi-part messages (simply call the same callback repeatedly?)
88e4d1d7 667
0a4b9a07 668* networkd:
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670 be used for synchronization
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671 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
672 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 673 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 674 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 675 - add IPv4LL tests (inspire by DHCP)
5c1d3fc9 676 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
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679 - make sure ipv4ll and dhcp clients can handle changing mac addresses while running
680
2f8cd170 681External:
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cc9784c6 683* dbus:
3377af3e 684 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 685 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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687* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
688
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689* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
690
9096ad36 691* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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693* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
694 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
695 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
696 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
697 the RTC to sync up.
698
71092d70 699* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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702
703* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
704
705* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
706
707* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
708
709* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
710
d2bbca68 711* 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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713* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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715* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
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4641a16b 717* 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 721Regularly:
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129126f3 723* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
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129126f3 725* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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727* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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71092d70 731* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
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4db17f29 733* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 737Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 739* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)