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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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3* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
4 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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6* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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8* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
9 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
10 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
11
a40593a0 12* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 13
d19e85f0 14After killing 'systemd --user', systemctl restart user@... fails.
afea8d38 15/run/user/1000/systemd/notify has to be removed manually.
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17ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
18
19 [Service]
20 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
21 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
22
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23MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the commandline.
24str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
25report the failure properly.
26
27
f38afcd0 28External:
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 30
f38afcd0 31* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 32
81429136 33* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
e7b4d43e 34
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35* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
36
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37* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
38
39* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
40 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
41
81429136 42Features:
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f62531c5 44* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps?
b857e042 45
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46* add a system-wide shutdown timeout, similar to the startup timeout we already have (see fdo bz #84110)
47
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48* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
49
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50* kdbus: maybe rename "connection name" concept to something that doesn't reuse the word "name"?
51
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52* PID 1 doesn't apply nspawns devices cgroup policy
53
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54* rework journal-send.c to use memfds for large blobs if they are available instead of unlinked files in /tmp. Also, if we detect that the kernel knows memfds, refuse anything but sealed memfds.
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56* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
57
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58* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
59
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60* bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
61 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
62 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
63 253 messages)
64
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65* busctl: add a pcap writer, using LINKTYPE_DBUS/231
66
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67* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
68
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69* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
70
71* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
72
73* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
74
75* systemctl: if it fails, show log output?
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77* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
78
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79* dbus: add new message hdr field for allowing interactive auth, write spec for it. update dbus spec to mandate that unknown flags *must* be ignored...
80
81* maybe introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true...
82
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83* remove multi-seat-x now
84
85* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
86
87* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
88
d74f9e8e 89* apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only,
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90 instead of both "initializing" and "starting". maybe rename the
91 timeout to "initialization-timeout" then or so?
d74f9e8e 92
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93* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
94 journals in.
95
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96* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
97
98* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
99 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
100 parsing callbacks should use it.
101
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102* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
103 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
104 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
105 complete.
106
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107* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
108
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109* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
110
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111* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
112 units are shown.
113
b873d33e 114* networkd:
d61bb44a 115 - add LLDP client side support
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116 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
117 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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118 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
119 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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120 - expose in the API the following bits:
121 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
122 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
123 - option 100, 101, timezone
124 - option 123, 144, geolocation
125 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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126 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
127 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
128 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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129 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
130 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
b873d33e 131
9d6db739 132* resolved:
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133 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
134 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 135 - DNSSEC
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136 - use base64 for key presentation?
137 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 138 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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139 - DNS
140 - search paths
9d6db739 141 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 142 - avahi compat
9d6db739 143 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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144 - edns0
145 - dname
b6b63571 146 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 147
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148* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
149 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
150 pull-in the policy.
151
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152* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
153
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154* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
155
fed515f0 156* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
22981162 157
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158* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
159
a01647e5 160* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 161 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 162 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 163 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 164
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165* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
166
167* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
168
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169* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
170
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171* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
172
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173* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
174
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175* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
176
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177* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
178
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179* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
180 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 181
f598ac3e 182* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
11fb37f1 183
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184* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
185
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186* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
187
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188* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
189
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190* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
191
192* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
193
6a3f892a 194* gpt-auto-generator:
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195 - Support LUKS for root devices
196 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 197 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 198
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199* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
200 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 201 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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202 the most common operations.
203
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204* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
205 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
206 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 207
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208* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
209
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210* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
211 /proc/$PID/exe
212
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213* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
214 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
215 for ReusePort=
216
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217* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
218 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
219 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
220 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
221 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
222
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223* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
224
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225* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
226 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
227 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
228 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
229 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
230 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
231
ef417cfd 232* completions:
ef417cfd 233 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 234
f38afcd0 235* cgroups:
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236 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
237 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
238 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
239 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
240 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
241 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
242 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 243
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244* transient units:
245 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
246 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
247 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 248
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249* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
250
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251* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
252
f38afcd0 253* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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255* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
256
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257* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
258
94676f3e 259* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 260
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261* 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
262
7f79cd71 263* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 264
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265* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
266 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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267 path anyway.
268
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269* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
270
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271* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
272 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 273 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 274
6aaa8c2f 275* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 276
d28315e4 277* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 278
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279* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
280
281* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
282
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283* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
284 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
285
6bb648a1 286* sd-bus:
d28315e4 287 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 288 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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289 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
290 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
291 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 292 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 293 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 294 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 295 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 296 - 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 297 - longer term: priority inheritance
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298 - dbus spec updates:
299 - kdbus mapping
300 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
301 - GVariant
bee7e928 302 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 303 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 304 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 305 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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307* sd-event
12179984 308 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 309 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 310
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311* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
312 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
313 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
314
69af4503 315* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 316
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317* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
318 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
319
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320* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
321
322* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
323
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324* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
325
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326* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
327
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328* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
329
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330* test/:
331 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
332 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 333
b5c03638 334* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 335 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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336 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
337 destination.
338
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339* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
340 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
341
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342* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
343
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344* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
345 need manual exponential loops after all
346
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347* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
348 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
349 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
350 is installed.
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352* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
353 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
354 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
355 that automatically.
356
e5ec62c5 357* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 358
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359* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
360
d28315e4 361* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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363* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
364
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365* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
366
367* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
368
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369* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
370
356ce991 371* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 372
81d112a8 373* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 374
b44be3ec 375* EFI:
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376 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
377 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 378 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 379
c0fe5db5 380* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 381
b44be3ec 382* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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384* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
385 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
3040728b 386
b44be3ec 387* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 388
b44be3ec 389* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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391* logind:
392 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
393 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
394 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
395 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
396 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 397 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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398 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
399 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
400 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
401 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
402 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
403 needs setuid().
e673ad04 404
b44be3ec 405* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 406
b44be3ec 407* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 409* journal:
c06bf414 410 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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411 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
412 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
413 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 414 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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415 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
416 - journal: reuse XZ context
417 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
418 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
419 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
420 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
421 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
422 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
423 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 424 - 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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425 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
426 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 427 - 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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428 - 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.
429 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
430 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 431 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 432 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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433 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
434 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
435 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
436 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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437 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
438 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 439 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 440 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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441 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
442 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
443 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
444 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
445 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
446 to syslog when it works again.
447 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
448 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
449 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 450 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 451 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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453* document:
8b8f2591 454 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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456 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 457 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 458 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 459 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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460 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
461 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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462 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
463 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
464 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
465 - man: add more examples to man pages
466 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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468* systemctl:
469 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
470 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
471 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
472 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
473 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
474 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
475 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
476 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 477 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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478 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
479 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
480 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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481 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
482 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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484* unit install:
485 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
486 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 487 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 488
b44be3ec 489* timer units:
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491 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
492 o DST changes
eb124a97 493 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 494 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 495 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we will not support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
90e071d1 496 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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498* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
499
500* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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502 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 503 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 504 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 505 user did not request anything like it.
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510
511* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 512* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 513* fedup: generator
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516
b44be3ec 517* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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520 waiting for the timeout
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523
d28315e4 524* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 525
b44be3ec 526* nspawn:
b44be3ec 527 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 528 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 529 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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533 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
534 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 535 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 536
424a19f8 537* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 538 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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540* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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543
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544* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
545
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546* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
547
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548* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
549
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550* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
551
68f16003 552* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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555 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 556 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 557 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 558 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 559 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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562
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563* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
564
88a6c589 565* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 566
9946996c 567* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 568 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
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571
59cea26a 572* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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574* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
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577 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
578 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
579 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
580 - blocking, needs a thread
581 - run until -EAGAIN
582 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
583 - call umount
584 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
585 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 586
e01a15b7 587* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
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abd55b16 589* udev:
abd55b16 590 - move to LGPL
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592 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 593 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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596
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600
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601* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
602
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603* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
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606
607* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
608
70a44afe 609* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 610
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612 needs to be auto-respawned?
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615
f38afcd0 616* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 617 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 618
d28315e4 619* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 620
7f8aa671 621* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 622
d3c7d7dd 623* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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626 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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631 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
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634
55cdcbac 635* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
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638 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
639 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
640
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642 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
643
71092d70 644* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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647 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
648 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
649 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
650 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
651 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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654
68c7d001 655* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 656 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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658 - status update
7a2a0b90 659 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 660 - remote access
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662 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 663 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 664 - auto-restart
e707c494 665 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 666 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 667 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 668 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 669 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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671 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
672 - how to create your own target
673 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
674 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 675
44143309 676* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 677
260abb78 678* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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681
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682* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
683
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686* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
687
71092d70 688* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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7ba97195 692* systemd-python:
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694 works with ^C
b04c8c83 695 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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698 - plot per-process IO utilization
699 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
700 - document initcall_debug
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704 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
705 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
706 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 707 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 708
88e4d1d7 709* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 710 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 711 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 712
0a4b9a07 713* networkd:
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715 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 716 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 717 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 718 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 719 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 720 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 721 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 722 - add support for more bond options
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725 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 726
ac976532 727* dhcp:
424a8732 728 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 729 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 730 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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733 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
734 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
735 - write more test cases
736 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
737 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
738 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
739 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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741 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
742 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
743 or interface down
744 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
745 this behavior
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2f8cd170 747External:
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cc9784c6 749* dbus:
3377af3e 750 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 751 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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756
9096ad36 757* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 758
71092d70 759* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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d28315e4 763* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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765* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
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767* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
768
769* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
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d2bbca68 771* 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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773* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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775* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
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4641a16b 777* 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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782 does not
783
129126f3 784Regularly:
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129126f3 786* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 787
129126f3 788* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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790* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 794* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 795
4db17f29 796* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 800Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 802* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)