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71092d70 1Bugfixes:
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2* there is nothing to warn about here :)
3 $ systemctl stop systemd-udevd.service systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd-control.socket
4 Warning: Stopping systemd-udevd.service, but it can still be activated by:
5 systemd-udevd-control.socket
6 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket
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8* kill /etc/timezone handling entirely? What does it provide?
9 - /etc/localtime carries the same information already:
10 $ ls -l /etc/localtime; cat /etc/timezone
11 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Jul 27 09:55 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin
12 Europe/Berlin
13 - systemd enforces /usr to be available at bootup, so we can
14 enforce the use of the symlink
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16* remove MS_SHARED from src/core/execute.c and src/test/test-ns.c. They are always combined
17 with MS_REMOUNT, which currently does nothing in the kernel, but might which fail in the
80037e4d 18 future; https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813563
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20* check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
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22* swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken
23
05677bb7 24* make anaconda write timeout=0 for encrypted devices
73090dc8 25
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26* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
27 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
28 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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30* make polkit checks async
31
a40593a0 32* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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34* we pull src/core/manager.h into src/shared/src/shared/path-lookup.c which is the wrong direction
35 rename enum "ManagerRunningAs" to "SystemdRunningAs" and move it to shared/
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37* crash happens when running a service as forking and then changing it to simple and reloading.
38
39 Jul 09 18:20:57 mop systemd[1]: usbmuxd.service operation timed out. Terminating.
40 Jul 09 18:20:57 mop systemd[1]: Unit usbmuxd.service entered failed state.
41 Jul 09 18:22:24 mop systemd[1]: PID 21814 read from file /var/run/usbmuxd.pid does not exist.
42 Jul 09 18:22:24 mop systemd[1]: Unit usbmuxd.service entered failed state.
43 Jul 09 18:22:33 mop systemd[1]: Reloading.
44 Jul 09 18:22:37 mop systemd[1]: Assertion 's->type == SERVICE_FORKING' failed at src/core/service.c:3007, function service_sigchld_eve...Aborting.
45 Jul 09 18:22:37 mop systemd[1]: Caught <ABRT>, dumped core as pid 21865.
46 Jul 09 18:22:37 mop systemd[1]: Freezing execution.
47 Jul 09 18:22:37 mop [21866]: Process 21865 (systemd) dumped core.
48
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49* support *static* (/run) hibernate inhibitors. All rpm -i actions should completely prevent any
50 sort of hibernate action until the next reboot. If the kernel or any other base tool is replaced
51 by rpm, the resume path might fail, the for resume needed kernel might even be uninstalled, and
52 the whole situation leads directly to data loss.
53
71092d70 54Features:
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56* systemctl daemon-reexec is borked
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58* add option to reconfigure success exit codes/signals for services
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60* remember which condition failed for services, not just the fact that something failed
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62* use opterr = 0 for all getopt tools
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64* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
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66* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
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68* add proper journal support to "systemctl --user status ..."
69
70* add _SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT= field to journal entries
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72* remove Fedora /dev/null logic from localed.c, now that system-config-keyboard is gone
73 delete /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-system-setup-keyboard.conf from spec file
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75* journal: expose current disk usage
76
77* logind: return EBUSY when a session is created on a seat+VT that already has one.
78
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79* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
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81* wiki: document new logind LockSessions() call
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83* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
84
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85* logind: different policy actions for idle, suspend, shutdown blockers: allow idle blockers by default, don't allow suspend blockers by default
86
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87* install README to /etc/rc.d/init.d (if support for that is enabled) helping people who use "ls" there to figure out which services exist.
88
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89* logind: ignore inactive login screens when checking whether power key should be handled
90
88a6c589 91* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
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93* systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
94
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95* syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
96
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97* syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
98
99* syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
100
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101* logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
102
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103* switch-root: sockets need relabelling
104
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105* segfault in journalctl during /var migration
106
107* systemd-analyze post-boot is broken for initrd
108
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109* man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
110
49f43d5f 111* journalctl should complain if run with uid != 0 and no persistent logs exist
d246fbb0 112
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113* .device aliases need to be implemented with the "following" logic, probably.
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115* refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
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117* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
118 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
119
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120* journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
121
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122* Document:
123 - PID 1 D-Bus API
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125* introduce Type=pid-file
126
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127* systemctl list-unit-files appears to be broken for symlinked units in /usr/lib
128
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129* maybe allow services with ExecStop= set, but no ExecStart=?
130
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131* efi: implement /forcefsck as uefi variables thus not requiring file system altering to trigger a file system check
132
133* efi: honour language efi variables for default language selection
134
135* efi: honour timezone efi variables for default timezone selection
136
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137* efi: automatically mount EFI partition to /boot if no such entry exists in /etc/fstab and /boot is empty
138 gummiboot exports the EFI system partion (ESP) device:
139 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderDeviceIdentifier-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
140 Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1F|2)/?/HD(Part1,Sig1FCBC57F-4BFC-4C2B-91A3-9C84FBCD9AF1)
141 '/' is the separator for the device path list
142 HD(Part1,Sig1FCBC57F-4BFC-4C2B-91A3-9C84FBCD9AF1) contains the GPT UUID of the ESP
143
144* read the bootloader performance data (raw TSC) in systemd-analyze
145 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksExec-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
146 19066159288
147 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksInit-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
148 17442940316
149 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksStartMenu-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
150 (only set if the menu was active)
166503da 151
59cea26a 152* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 153
94734142 154* support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f1a8e221 155
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156* systemctl: when stopping a service which has triggres and warning about it actually check the TriggeredBy= deps fields
157
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158* journal: hook up with EFI firmware log, new kmsg logic
159
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160* handle C-A-Del in logind, like the power/suspend buttons?
161
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162* nspawn: make use of device cgroup contrller by default
163
50940700 164* journalctl /dev/sda, journalctl --device=b12:8 (--device=n12, --device=+usb:1-1)
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166* make use of /sys/power/wake_lock in inhibitors
167
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168* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
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170* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
171
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172* readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
173
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174* (attempt to) make Debianites happy:
175 - implement .d/ auto includes for unit files
176 - add syntax to reset ExecStart= lists (and similar)
177
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178* manipulate CPU governor during boot, set it to performance
179
180* steal SBF management from the kernel
181
182* delay journal /var writeout to after boot if SBF is clean
183
184* move passno parsing to fstab generator
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186* improve !/proc/*/loginuid situation: make /proc/*/loginuid less dependent on CONFIG_AUDIT,
187 or use the users cgroup information when /proc/*/loginuid is not available.
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189* pam_systemd: try to get old session id from cgroup, if audit sessionid cannot be determined
190
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191* pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
192
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193* maybe introduce ~/.config/locale.conf and apply it within PAM
194
195* readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
196
197* automount: implement expire
198
eecd1362 199* logind: auto-suspend, auto-shutdown:
d889a206 200 IdleAction=(none|suspend|opportunistic|hibernate|poweroff)
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201 IdleActionDelay=...
202 SessionIdleMode=(explicit|ignore|login)
203 ForceShutdown=(yes|no)
204
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205* services which create their own subcgroups break cgroup-empty notification (needs to be fixed in the kernel)
206
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207* don't delete /tmp/systemd-namespace-* before a process is gone down
208
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209* vconsole: implement setterm -store -foreground xxx --background zzz
210
e01a15b7 211* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 212
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213* fedora: make sshd and pam_loginuid work in nspawn containers
214
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215* fix utmp for console logins in containers
216
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217* Add pretty name for seats in logind
218
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219* nspawn wants dev_setup() for /dev/fd/ and friends?
220
20ffc4c4 221* selinux: merge systemd selinux access controls (dwalsh)
f25626ed 222
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223* ConditionSecurity= should learn about IMA
224
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225* Auke: merge Auke's bootchart
226
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227* udev: move to LGPL
228
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229* udev systemd unify:
230 - strpcpy(), strpcpyl(), strscpy(), strscpyl()
231 - utf8 validator code
232 - now() vs. now_usec()
20ffc4c4 233
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234* udev: remove network interface renaming, sleep and retry logic, we do
235 no support renaming of interfaces in the conflicting kernel
236 namespace
237
b45f770f 238* udev: find a way to tell udev to not cancel firmware requests when running in initramfs
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240* udev: scsi_id -> sg3_utils -> kill scsi_id
241
242* udev: add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
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244* allow configuration of console width/height in vconsole.conf
245
18b754d3 246* cleanup syslog 'priority' vs. 'level' wording
068665b6 247
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248* journal: if mmap() fails for mapping window try to unmap a a few older maps
249
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250* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
251
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252* 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
253
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254* support container_ttys=
255
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256* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
257
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258* journalctl: show multiline log messages sanely, expand tabs, and show all valid utf8 messages
259
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260* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
261
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262* journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
263
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264* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
265
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266* journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the componets would fit
267
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268* add command to systemctl to plot dependency graph as tree (see rhbz 795365)
269
144f0fc0 270* make logind reserve tty9 or so for text logins, so that gdm never picks it up
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272* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
273
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274* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
275
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276* Possibly, detect whether SysV init scripts can do reloading by looking for "echo Usage:" lines
277
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278* figure out whether we should leave dbus around during shutdown
279
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280* dbus: in fedora, make the machine a symlink to /etc/machine-id
281
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282* journald: reuse XZ context
283
c4aa65e7 284* logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
7e64c73a 285
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286* journal: API for looking for retrieving "all values of this field"
287
288* journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
289
290* journal: local deserializer of export mode, http server
291
292* journal: message catalog
293
294* journal: forward-secure signatures
295
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296* document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
297
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298* rework namespace support, don't use pivot_root, and mount things after creating the namespace, not before
299
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300* systemctl journal command
301
302* journalctl: --cursor support, priority filtering
303
304* systemctl status: show coredumps
305
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306* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
307
308* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
309
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310* clean up session cgroups that remain after logout (think sshd), but eventually run empty
311
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312* support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
313
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314* logind: allow showing logout dialog from system
315
316* document that %% can be used to write % in a string that is specifier extended
317
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318* when an instanced service exits, remove its parent cgroup too if possible.
319
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320* if we can not get user quota for tmpfs, mount a separate tmpfs instance
321 for every user in /run/user/$USER with a configured maximum size
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323* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
324
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325* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
326 needs to be auto-respawned?
327
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328* Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
329
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330* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
331
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332* something like ConditionExec= or ExecStartPre= without failure state
333
de6c78f8 334* tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 335
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336* don't set $HOME in services unless requested
337
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338* hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
339
d3c7d7dd 340* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 341
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342* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
343 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
344
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345* move PAM code into its own binary
346
347* warn if the user stops a service but not its associated socket
0a55b298 348
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349* logind: spawn user@..service on login
350
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351* logind: non-local X11 server handling
352
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353* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
354 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
355
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356* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
357
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358* readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
359
360* readahead: check whether a btrfs volume includes ssd by checking mount flag "ssd"
361
7c697168 362* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 363
71092d70 364* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 365
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366* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
367 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
368 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
369
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370* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
371 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
372
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373* move nss-myhostname into systemd
374
71092d70 375* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 376
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377* drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
378
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379* add support for /bin/mount -s
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381* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
382
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383* when failing to start a service due to ratelimiting, try again later, if restart=always is set
384
68c7d001 385* write blog stories about:
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386 - enabling dbus services
387 - status update
7a2a0b90 388 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 389 - remote access
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390 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
391 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
acb14d31 392 - resource control in systemd
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393 - inhibiting
394 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
73090dc8 395
44143309 396* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 397
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398* move readahead files into /var, look for them with .path units
399
ba1a5515 400* teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
9408a2d2 401
71092d70 402* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
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404* when key file cannot be found, read it from kbd in cryptsetup
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406* reuse mkdtemp namespace dirs in /tmp?
407
260abb78 408* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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410* Support --test based on current system state
411
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412* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
413
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414* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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416* configurable jitter for timer events
417
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418* timer events with system resume
419
420* timer events on calendar time
71092d70 421
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422* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
423
8c6db833 424* calendar time support in timer, iCalendar semantics for the timer stuff (RFC2445)
8bf7fea5 425 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=99ee5315dac6211e972fa3f23bcc9a0343ff58c4
351c7e74 426
129126f3 427* implicitly import "defaults" settings file into all types
773ba909 428
71092d70 429* writable cgroups dbus properties for live changes
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431* read config fragments for all units from /lib/systemd/system/foobar.service.d/ to override/extend specific settings
432
129126f3 433* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
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434 - rpcbind (/var/run/rpcbind.sock!) HAVEPATCH
435 - cups HAVEPATCH
a625ac1a 436 - postfix, saslauthd
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437 - apache/samba
438 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
439 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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440 - distccd
441
71092d70 442* auditd service files
0ff3dea7 443
71092d70 444* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 445
50f2a90d 446* io priority during initialization
8fe914ec 447
71092d70 448* systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
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450* add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
451
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452* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
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2f8cd170 454External:
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cc9784c6 456* dbus:
cc9784c6 457 - dbus --user
3377af3e 458 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
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459 - allow specification of socket mode/umask when allocating DBusServer
460 - allow disabling of fd passing when connecting a AF_UNIX connection
3377af3e 461 - allow disabling of UID passing for AUTH EXTERNAL
b69d29ce 462 - always pass cred data along each message
cc9784c6 463
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464* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
465
7d9e57d2 466* gnome-shell python script/glxinfo/is-accelerated must die
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468* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
469
44143309 470* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys and /sys/fs/cgroup?
06ae4bfe 471
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472* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
473 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
474 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
475 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
476 the RTC to sync up.
477
71092d70 478* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
14bd37fe 479
129126f3 480Regularly:
874aa2cc 481
129126f3 482* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 483
129126f3 484* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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486* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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14212119 488* %m in printf() instead of strerror(errno);
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71092d70 492* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
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494Scheduled for removal (or fixing):
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496* xxxOverridable dependencies
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498* journald.conf: ImportKernel=
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500* prefdm.service