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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
19aadacf 2* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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3 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
4 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
5 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 12
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13* shorten the message to sane length:
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15 Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
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17* systemctl --root=container/ set-default ... is totally borked.
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f38afcd0 19External:
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f38afcd0 21* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 22 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 23
f38afcd0 24* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 25
f38afcd0 26* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
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28Preparation for 209:
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30* Review new libraries
31
32* Rework cgroup propagation logic
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34* libsystemd-journal returns the object created as first param in sd_journal_new(), sd_bus_new() and suchlike as last...
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eb124a97 36Features:
154ff088 37
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38* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
39 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
40 for ReusePort=
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42* add a timelimit to generator invocation
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44* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
45 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
46 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
47 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
48 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
49
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50* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
51
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52* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
53 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
54 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
55 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
56 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
57 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
58
3333d748 59* machinectl bash completion is missing
708c143c 60* busctl bash and zsh completions are outdated
3333d748 61
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62* cgroups:
63 - implement system-wide DefaultCPUAccounting=1 switch (and similar for blockio, memory?)
64 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
65 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
66 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
67 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
68 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
69 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
70 the hierarchies of child processes
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72* transient units:
73 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
74 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
75 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 76
08cd1552 77* code cleanup
08cd1552 78 - we probably should replace the left-over uses of strv_append() and replace them by strv_push() or strv_extend()
2e41a51e 79
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80* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
81
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82* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
83
f38afcd0 84* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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86* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
87
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88* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
89
94676f3e 90* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 91
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92* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
93
af1082b0 94* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
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96* 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
97
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98* move config_parse_path_strv() out of conf-parser.c
99
7f79cd71 100* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 101
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102* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
103 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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104 path anyway.
105
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106* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
107
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108* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
109 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 110 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 111
6aaa8c2f 112* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 113
e1b7e7ec 114* 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 115
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116* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
117
118* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
119
9444b1f2 120* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 121 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 122 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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123 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
124 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 125
19aadacf 126* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
1f263d4d 127
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128* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
129 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
130
6bb648a1 131* sd-bus:
eb01ba5d 132 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
86312ab8 133 - implement monitor logic
f38afcd0 134 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 135 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
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136 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
137 - upload minimal kdbus policy into the kernel at boot
80caea6c 138 - 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 139 - longer term: priority inheritance
452de75e 140 - check sender of response messages
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141 - dbus spec updates:
142 - kdbus mapping
143 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
144 - GVariant
bee7e928 145 - "const" properties (posted)
00586799 146 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
6a8b5fa4 147 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
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148 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
149 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
69727e6d 150 - test bloom filter generation indexes
2fcb3af6 151 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
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153* sd-event
12179984 154 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 155
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156* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
157 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
158 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
159
69af4503 160* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 161
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162* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
163 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
164
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165* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
166
167* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
168
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169* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
170
171* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
172
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173* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
174
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175* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
176
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177* test/:
178 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
179 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 180
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181* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
182
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183* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
184 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
185 file.
186
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187* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
188 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
189 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
190 destination.
191
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192* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
193 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
194
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195* add ConditionArchitecture= or so
196
197* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
198
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199* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
200 need manual exponential loops after all
201
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202* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
203 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
204 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
205 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
206
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207* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
208 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
209 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
210 that automatically.
211
e5ec62c5 212* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 213
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214* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
215
54c31a79 216* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 217
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218* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
219
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220* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
221
222* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
223
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224* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
225
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226* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
227
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228* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
229 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
230 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
231 will be activated.
232
356ce991 233* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 234
81d112a8 235* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 236
b44be3ec 237* EFI:
b44be3ec 238 - write man page for efi boot generator
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239 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
240 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 241 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 242
c0fe5db5 243* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 244
b44be3ec 245* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 246
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247* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
248 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 250* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 251
b44be3ec 252* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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254* logind:
255 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
256 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
257 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
258 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
259 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
b44be3ec 260 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
e5ec62c5 261 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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262 - when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
263 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
264 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
265 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
266 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
267 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
268 needs setuid().
e673ad04 269
b44be3ec 270* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 271
b44be3ec 272* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 273
b44be3ec 274* journal:
c06bf414 275 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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276 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
277 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
278 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
279 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
280 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
281 - journal: reuse XZ context
282 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
283 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
284 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
285 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
286 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
287 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
288 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 289 - 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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290 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
291 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 292 - 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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293 - 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.
294 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
295 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 296 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 297 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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298 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
299 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
300 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
301 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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302 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
303 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 304 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 305 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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306 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
307 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
308 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
309 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
310 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
311 to syslog when it works again.
312 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
313 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
314 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
315 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
316 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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318* document:
8b8f2591 319 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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320 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
321 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 322 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 323 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 324 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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325 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
326 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
327 - man: remove .include documentation, and instead push people to use .d/*.conf
328 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
329 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
330 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
331 - man: add more examples to man pages
332 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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334* systemctl:
335 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
336 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
337 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
338 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
339 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
340 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
341 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
342 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
343 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
344 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
345 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
346 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
347 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 348 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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349 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
350 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
8b8f2591 351 - in systemctl list-timers show time triggering units ran last
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353* unit install:
354 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
355 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
356 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
357 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
358 unit however should remove them all).
359 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
360 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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362* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
363
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364* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
365
366* timer units:
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367 - timer events with system resume
368 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
369 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
370 o DST changes
eb124a97 371 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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372 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
373 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we won't support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
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374 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
375 - anacron-like feature
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377* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
378
379* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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380 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
381 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 382 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 383 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 384 user did not request anything like it.
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386* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
387 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
388 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
9ec82de1 389
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390* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
391 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
392 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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393 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
394 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
395 better supported alternative.
e707c494 396
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397* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
398
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399* 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().
400
401* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
402* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
403* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 405* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
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407* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
408
b44be3ec 409* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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411* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
412 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
413 - superset of tmpfiles model
414 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
415 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
416 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
417
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418* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
419 waiting for the timeout
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421* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
422
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423* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
424
b44be3ec 425* nspawn:
86d0d519 426 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with /usr/bin/getent, so that NSS resolving works correctly
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427 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
428 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
429 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
430 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
3679d112 431 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
9cb74bcb 432 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 433 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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434 - maybe: hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
435 - introduce --network-bridge= which works like --network-veth but also adds the host side to an existing bridge
436 - allow booting disk images with a GPT signature using the bootloaderspec partition uuids
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438* cryptsetup:
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439 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
440 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
441 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 442 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 443
424a19f8 444* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 445 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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447* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
448
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449* make timer units go away after they elapsed
450
8556879e 451* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 452 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 453
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454* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
455
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456* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
457
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458* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
459
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460* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
461
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462* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
463
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464* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
465
68f16003 466* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 467
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468* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
469
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470* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
471 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
472 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
473 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 474 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 475 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 476
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477* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
478
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479* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
480
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481* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
482
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483* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
484
88a6c589 485* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 486
bcd02123 487* syscall filter: optionally don't enforce no new privs?
c66d36e5 488
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489* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
490 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
491
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492* introduce Type=pid-file
493
59cea26a 494* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 495
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496* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
497
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498* automount: implement expire:
499 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
500 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
501 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
502 - blocking, needs a thread
503 - run until -EAGAIN
504 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
505 - call umount
506 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
507 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 508
e01a15b7 509* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 510
abd55b16 511* udev:
3f60bcb5 512 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 513 - move to LGPL
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514 - kill scsi_id
515 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 516
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517* 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
518
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519* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
520
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521* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
522
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523* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
524
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525* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
526
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527* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
528
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529* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
530
531* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
532
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533* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
534
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535* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
536 needs to be auto-respawned?
537
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538* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
539
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540* tmpfiles:
541 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
542 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 543
b44be3ec 544* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 545
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546* hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
547
d3c7d7dd 548* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 549
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550* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
551 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
552
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553* move PAM code into its own binary
554
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555* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
556 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
557
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558* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
559
7c697168 560* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 561
71092d70 562* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 563
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564* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
565 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
566 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
567
f38afcd0 568* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
a012ab52 569
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570* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
571 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
572
71092d70 573* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 574
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575* readahead:
576 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
577 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
578 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
579 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
580 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 581
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582* add support for /bin/mount -s
583
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584* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
585
68c7d001 586* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 587 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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588 - enabling dbus services
589 - status update
7a2a0b90 590 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 591 - remote access
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592 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
593 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 594 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 595 - auto-restart
e707c494 596 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 597 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 598 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 599 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 600 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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601 - calendar time events
602 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
603 - how to create your own target
604 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
605 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 606
44143309 607* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 608
71092d70 609* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 610
260abb78 611* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 612
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613* Support --test based on current system state
614
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615* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
616
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617* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
618
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619* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
620
71092d70 621* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 622
50f2a90d 623* io priority during initialization
8fe914ec 624
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625* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
626
7ba97195 627* systemd-python:
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629 works with ^C
b04c8c83 630 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 631
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632* bootchart:
633 - plot per-process IO utilization
634 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
635 - document initcall_debug
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636 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
637
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638* udev-link-config:
639 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
640 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
641 on Path= matching
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642 - Check if Driver= is broken, or just my driver (bcma)
643
88e4d1d7 644* sd-rtnl:
32216660 645 - add support for exiting containers without reading them fully first
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646 - add support for more attribute types
647
0a4b9a07 648* networkd:
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649 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
650 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
651 - allow opting out of receiving DNS servers over DHCPv4
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652 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
653
2f8cd170 654External:
74fe1fe3 655
cc9784c6 656* dbus:
3377af3e 657 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 658 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 659
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660* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
661
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662* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
663
9096ad36 664* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 665
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666* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
667 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
668 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
669 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
670 the RTC to sync up.
671
71092d70 672* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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674* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
675
676* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
677
678* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
679
680* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
681
682* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
683
d2bbca68 684* 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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686* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
687
688* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 689
4641a16b 690* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
19aa7c4f 691
129126f3 692Regularly:
874aa2cc 693
129126f3 694* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 695
129126f3 696* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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698* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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700* pahole
701
71092d70 702* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 703
4db17f29 704* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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707
9e5f3dbb 708Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 710* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)