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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
6
19aadacf 7* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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8 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
9 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
10 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
11
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12* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
13 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
14 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
15
a40593a0 16* 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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18* shorten the message to sane length:
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20 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.
21
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22* sd_bus_unref() is broken regarding self-references and "pseudo thread-safety".
23 See the comment in sd_bus_unref() for more..
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f38afcd0 25External:
f38afcd0 26* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 27 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 28
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 30
f38afcd0 31* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 32
eb124a97 33Features:
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35* support empty /etc boots nicely:
36 - apply presets at first boot
37 - tmpfiles: allow overriding of /etc/mtab
38 - tmpfiles: add nice way to copy files /usr/share/etc → /etc
39
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40* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
41
42* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
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44* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
45* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
46
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47* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
48
1df52dd2 49* timesyncd:
8dfb5bce 50 - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
1df52dd2 51
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52* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
53
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54* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
55
56* add a kernel command line option to enable the debug shell
57
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58* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
59
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60* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
61
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62* drop parsing of chkconfig header lines from service.c
63
64* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
65
eaa3b74d 66* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
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68* Add RPM macros for registering/unregistering binfmt drop-ins
69
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70* Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases
71
f598ac3e 72* 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)
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74* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
75
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76* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
77
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78* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
79
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80* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
81
82* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
83
6a3f892a 84* gpt-auto-generator:
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85 - Support LUKS for root devices
86 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 87 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 88
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89* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
90 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 91 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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92 the most common operations.
93
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94* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
95 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
96 when it is otherwise off
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98* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
99
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100* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
101 /proc/$PID/exe
102
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103* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
104 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
105 for ReusePort=
106
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107* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
108 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
109 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
110 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
111 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
112
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113* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
114
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115* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
116 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
117 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
118 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
119 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
120 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
121
ef417cfd 122* completions:
ef417cfd 123 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 124
f38afcd0 125* cgroups:
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126 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
127 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
128 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
129 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
130 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
131 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
132 the hierarchies of child processes
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134* transient units:
135 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
136 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
137 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 138
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139* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
140
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141* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
142
f38afcd0 143* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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145* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
146
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147* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
148
94676f3e 149* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 150
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151* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
152
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153* 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
154
7f79cd71 155* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 156
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157* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
158 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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159 path anyway.
160
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161* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
162
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163* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
164 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 165 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 166
6aaa8c2f 167* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 168
d28315e4 169* 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 170
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171* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
172
173* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
174
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175* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
176 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
177
6bb648a1 178* sd-bus:
d28315e4 179 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 180 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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181 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
182 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
183 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 184 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 185 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 186 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 187 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 188 - 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 189 - longer term: priority inheritance
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190 - dbus spec updates:
191 - kdbus mapping
192 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
193 - GVariant
bee7e928 194 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 195 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 196 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 197 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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199* sd-event
12179984 200 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
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202* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
203 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
204 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
205
69af4503 206* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 207
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208* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
209 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
210
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211* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
212
213* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
214
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215* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
216
217* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
218
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219* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
220
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221* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
222
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223* test/:
224 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
225 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 226
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227* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
228
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229* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
230 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
231 file.
232
b5c03638 233* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 234 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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235 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
236 destination.
237
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238* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
239 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
240
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241* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
242
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243* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
244 need manual exponential loops after all
245
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246* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
247 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
248 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
249 is installed.
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251* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
252 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
253 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
254 that automatically.
255
e5ec62c5 256* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 257
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258* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
259
d28315e4 260* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 261
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262* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
263
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264* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
265
266* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
267
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268* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
269
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270* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
271
356ce991 272* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 273
81d112a8 274* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 275
b44be3ec 276* EFI:
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277 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
278 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 279 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 280
c0fe5db5 281* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 282
b44be3ec 283* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 284
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285* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
286 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 288* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 289
b44be3ec 290* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 291
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292* logind:
293 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
294 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
295 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
296 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
297 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 298 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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299 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
300 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
301 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
302 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
303 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
304 needs setuid().
e673ad04 305
b44be3ec 306* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 307
b44be3ec 308* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 309
b44be3ec 310* journal:
c06bf414 311 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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312 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
313 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
314 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 315 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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316 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
317 - journal: reuse XZ context
318 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
319 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
320 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
321 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
322 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
323 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
324 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 325 - 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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326 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
327 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 328 - 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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329 - 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.
330 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
331 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 332 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 333 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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334 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
335 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
336 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
337 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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338 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
339 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 340 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 341 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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342 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
343 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
344 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
345 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
346 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
347 to syslog when it works again.
348 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
349 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
350 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 351 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 352 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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354* document:
8b8f2591 355 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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356 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
357 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 358 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 359 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 360 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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361 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
362 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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363 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
364 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
365 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
366 - man: add more examples to man pages
367 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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369* systemctl:
370 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
371 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
372 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
373 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
374 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
375 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
376 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
377 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
378 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
d28315e4 379 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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380 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
381 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
382 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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383 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
384 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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386* unit install:
387 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
388 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
389 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
390 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
391 unit however should remove them all).
392 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
393 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 394
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395* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
396
397* timer units:
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398 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
399 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
400 o DST changes
eb124a97 401 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 402 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 403 - 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 404 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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406* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
407
408* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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409 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
410 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 411 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 412 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 413 user did not request anything like it.
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415* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
416 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
417 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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418 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
419 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
420 better supported alternative.
e707c494 421
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422* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
423
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424* 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().
425
426* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 427* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 428* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 430* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
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432* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
433
b44be3ec 434* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 435
97c52b83 436* add "factory" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
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437 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
438 - superset of tmpfiles model
439 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
440 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
441 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
442
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443* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
444 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 445
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446* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
447
d28315e4 448* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 449
b44be3ec 450* nspawn:
b44be3ec 451 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 452 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 453 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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455* cryptsetup:
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456 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
457 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
458 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 459 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 460
424a19f8 461* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 462 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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464* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
465
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466* make timer units go away after they elapsed
467
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468* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
469
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470* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
471
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472* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
473
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474* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
475
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476* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
477
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478* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
479
68f16003 480* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 481
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482* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
483 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 484 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 485 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 486 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 487 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 488
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489* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
490
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491* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
492
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493* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
494
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495* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
496
88a6c589 497* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 498
9946996c 499* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 500 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 501
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502* introduce Type=pid-file
503
59cea26a 504* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 505
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506* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
507
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508* automount: implement expire:
509 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
510 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
511 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
512 - blocking, needs a thread
513 - run until -EAGAIN
514 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
515 - call umount
516 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
517 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 518
e01a15b7 519* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 520
abd55b16 521* udev:
3f60bcb5 522 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 523 - move to LGPL
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524 - kill scsi_id
525 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 526 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 527
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528* 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
529
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530* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
531
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532* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
533
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534* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
535
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536* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
537
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538* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
539
540* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
541
70a44afe 542* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 543
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544* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
545 needs to be auto-respawned?
546
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547* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
548
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549* tmpfiles:
550 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
551 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 552
d28315e4 553* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 554
7f8aa671 555* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 556
d3c7d7dd 557* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 558
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559* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
560 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
561
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562* move PAM code into its own binary
563
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564* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
565 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
566
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567* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
568
7c697168 569* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 570
71092d70 571* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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573* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
574 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
575 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
576
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577* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
578 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
579
71092d70 580* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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583 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
584 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
585 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
586 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
587 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 588
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589* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
590
68c7d001 591* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 592 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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593 - enabling dbus services
594 - status update
7a2a0b90 595 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 596 - remote access
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597 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
598 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 599 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 600 - auto-restart
e707c494 601 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 602 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 603 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 604 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 605 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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606 - calendar time events
607 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
608 - how to create your own target
609 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
610 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 611
44143309 612* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 613
71092d70 614* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 615
260abb78 616* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 617
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618* Support --test based on current system state
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620* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
621
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622* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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624* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
625
71092d70 626* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 627
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7ba97195 630* systemd-python:
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632 works with ^C
b04c8c83 633 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 634
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635* bootchart:
636 - plot per-process IO utilization
637 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
638 - document initcall_debug
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639 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
640
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642 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
643 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
644 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 645 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 646
88e4d1d7 647* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 648 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 649 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 650
0a4b9a07 651* networkd:
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653 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
8faf88e5 654 - send hostname to DHCP server
0a4b9a07 655 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 656 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 657 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
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658 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
659 - set lifetime on the address acquired from dhcp
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660 - patch kernel to support module alias for tunnel device (ipip/sit/gre),
661 then remove remove libkmod dependency and CAP_SYS_MODULE
1f0e0484 662 - add veth netdev support (c.f. http://shorewall.net/bridge-Shorewall-perl.html#veth)
2b1c3767 663 - add tun/tap netdev support
8477107d 664 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
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666* networkd-wait-online:
667 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 668
ac976532 669* dhcp:
424a8732 670 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
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672 - FORCERENEW
673
2f8cd170 674External:
74fe1fe3 675
cc9784c6 676* dbus:
3377af3e 677 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 678 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 679
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680* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
681
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682* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
683
9096ad36 684* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 685
71092d70 686* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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689
d28315e4 690* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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692* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
693
694* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
695
696* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
697
d2bbca68 698* 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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700* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
701
702* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 703
4641a16b 704* 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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707
129126f3 708Regularly:
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129126f3 710* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 711
129126f3 712* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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714* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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716* pahole
717
d28315e4 718* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 719
4db17f29 720* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 724Scheduled for removal or fixing:
a3a3e5b6 725
9e5f3dbb 726* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)