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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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5 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
6 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
7 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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9* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
10 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
11 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
12
a40593a0 13* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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15* shorten the message to sane length:
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17 Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
18
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19* sd_bus_unref() is broken regarding self-references and "pseudo thread-safety".
20 See the comment in sd_bus_unref() for more..
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f38afcd0 22External:
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f38afcd0 24* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 25 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 26
f38afcd0 27* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 28
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 30
eb124a97 31Features:
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33* tmpfiles: figure out relation between Z and m?
34
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35* systemd-notify: fake ucred of msg to PID of parent, if that works, with fallback to our own if it doesn't.
36
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37* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
38* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
39
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40* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
41
1df52dd2 42* timesyncd:
8dfb5bce 43 - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
1df52dd2 44
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45* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
46
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47* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
48
49* add a kernel command line option to enable the debug shell
50
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51* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
52
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53* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
54
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55* drop parsing of chkconfig header lines from service.c
56
57* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
58
eaa3b74d 59* 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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61* Add RPM macros for registering/unregistering binfmt drop-ins
62
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63* 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
64
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65* ImmutableSystem=yes/no or so to mount /usr, /boot read-only/invisible, and leave /var and /etc writable
66
67* InaccessibleHome=yes/no or so to hide /home and /run/user from a service
68
69* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode
70
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71* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
72
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73* add "M" as recursive version of "m" to tmpfiles, then use it for
74 chowning /run/log/journal (but not /var/log/journal), so that we
75 adjust the perms of journal files created before tmpfiles ran.
76
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77* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
78
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79* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
80
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81* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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83* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
84
6a3f892a 85* gpt-auto-generator:
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86 - Support LUKS for root devices
87 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 88 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 89
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90* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
91 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 92 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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93 the most common operations.
94
726a6e96 95* support transient mount units
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97* add an "input" group to udev logic and add all input devices to it
98
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99* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
100 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
101 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 102
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103* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
104
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105* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
106 /proc/$PID/exe
107
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108* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
109 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
110 for ReusePort=
111
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112* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
113 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
114 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
115 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
116 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
117
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118* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
119
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120* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
121 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
122 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
123 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
124 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
125 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
126
ef417cfd 127* completions:
ef417cfd 128 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 129
f38afcd0 130* cgroups:
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131 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
132 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
133 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
134 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
135 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
136 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
137 the hierarchies of child processes
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139* transient units:
140 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
141 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
142 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 143
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144* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
145
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146* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
147
f38afcd0 148* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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150* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
151
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152* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
153
94676f3e 154* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 155
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156* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
157
af1082b0 158* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
41644622 159
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160* 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
161
7f79cd71 162* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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164* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
165 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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166 path anyway.
167
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168* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
169
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170* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
171 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 172 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 173
6aaa8c2f 174* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 175
d28315e4 176* 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 177
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178* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
179
180* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
181
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182* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
183 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
184
6bb648a1 185* sd-bus:
e30fa16e 186 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async
d28315e4 187 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
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188 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
189 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
190 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
191 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
192 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
193 - constructors for bus messages should probably not be OK with a NULL bus pointer
194 - .busname units should not use get_user_creds()/get_cgroup_creds() but instead do NSS only in temporarily forked off child
f38afcd0 195 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 196 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
80caea6c 197 - 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 198 - longer term: priority inheritance
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199 - dbus spec updates:
200 - kdbus mapping
201 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
202 - GVariant
bee7e928 203 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 204 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 205 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 206 - test bloom filter generation indexes
0f3e07b7 207 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
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209* sd-event
12179984 210 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 211
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212* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
213 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
214 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
215
69af4503 216* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 217
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218* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
219 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
220
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221* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
222
223* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
224
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225* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
226
227* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
228
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229* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
230
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231* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
232
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233* test/:
234 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
235 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 236
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237* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
238
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239* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
240 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
241 file.
242
b5c03638 243* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 244 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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245 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
246 destination.
247
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248* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
249 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
250
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251* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
252
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253* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
254 need manual exponential loops after all
255
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256* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
257 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
258 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
259 is installed.
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261* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
262 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
263 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
264 that automatically.
265
e5ec62c5 266* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 267
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268* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
269
d28315e4 270* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 271
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272* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
273
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274* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
275
276* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
277
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278* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
279
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280* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
281
356ce991 282* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 283
81d112a8 284* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 285
b44be3ec 286* EFI:
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287 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
288 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 289 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 290
c0fe5db5 291* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 292
b44be3ec 293* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 294
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295* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
296 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 298* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 299
b44be3ec 300* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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302* logind:
303 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
304 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
305 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
306 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
307 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 308 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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309 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
310 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
311 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
312 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
313 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
314 needs setuid().
e673ad04 315
b44be3ec 316* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 317
b44be3ec 318* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 319
b44be3ec 320* journal:
c06bf414 321 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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322 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
323 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
324 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 325 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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326 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
327 - journal: reuse XZ context
328 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
329 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
330 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
331 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
332 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
333 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
334 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 335 - 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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336 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
337 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 338 - 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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339 - 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.
340 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
341 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 342 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 343 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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344 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
345 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
346 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
347 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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348 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
349 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 350 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 351 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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352 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
353 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
354 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
355 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
356 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
357 to syslog when it works again.
358 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
359 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
360 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 361 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 362 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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364* document:
8b8f2591 365 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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366 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
367 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 368 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 369 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 370 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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371 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
372 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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373 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
374 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
375 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
376 - man: add more examples to man pages
377 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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379* systemctl:
380 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
381 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
382 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
383 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
384 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
385 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
386 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
387 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
388 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
d28315e4 389 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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390 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
391 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
392 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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393 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
394 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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396* unit install:
397 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
398 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
399 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
400 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
401 unit however should remove them all).
402 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
403 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 404
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405* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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407* timer units:
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408 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
409 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
410 o DST changes
eb124a97 411 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 412 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 413 - 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 414 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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416* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
417
418* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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419 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
420 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 421 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 422 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 423 user did not request anything like it.
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425* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
426 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
427 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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428 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
429 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
430 better supported alternative.
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432* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
433
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434* 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().
435
436* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 437* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 438* fedup: generator
603cd8fe 439
f38afcd0 440* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
6d0274f1 441
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442* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
443
b44be3ec 444* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 445
97c52b83 446* add "factory" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
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447 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
448 - superset of tmpfiles model
449 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
450 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
451 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
452
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453* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
454 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 455
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456* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
457
d28315e4 458* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 459
b44be3ec 460* nspawn:
b44be3ec 461 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
b44be3ec 462 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9e281251 463 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters
9cb74bcb 464 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 465 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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467* cryptsetup:
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468 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
469 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
470 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 471 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 472
424a19f8 473* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 474 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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476* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
477
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478* make timer units go away after they elapsed
479
8556879e 480* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 481 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 482
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483* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
484
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485* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
486
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487* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
488
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489* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
490
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491* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
492
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493* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
494
68f16003 495* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 496
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497* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
498
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499* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
500 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 501 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 502 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 503 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 504 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 505
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506* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
507
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508* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
509
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510* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
511
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512* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
513
88a6c589 514* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 515
9946996c 516* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 517 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 518
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519* introduce Type=pid-file
520
59cea26a 521* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 522
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523* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
524
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525* automount: implement expire:
526 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
527 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
528 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
529 - blocking, needs a thread
530 - run until -EAGAIN
531 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
532 - call umount
533 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
534 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 535
e01a15b7 536* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 537
abd55b16 538* udev:
3f60bcb5 539 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 540 - move to LGPL
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541 - kill scsi_id
542 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 543 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 544
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545* 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
546
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547* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
548
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549* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
550
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551* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
552
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553* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
554
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555* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
556
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557* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
558
559* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
560
70a44afe 561* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 562
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563* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
564 needs to be auto-respawned?
565
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566* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
567
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568* tmpfiles:
569 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
570 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 571
d28315e4 572* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 573
7f8aa671 574* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 575
d3c7d7dd 576* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 577
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578* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
579 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
580
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581* move PAM code into its own binary
582
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583* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
584 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
585
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586* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
587
7c697168 588* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 589
71092d70 590* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 591
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592* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
593 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
594 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
595
f38afcd0 596* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
a012ab52 597
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598* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
599 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
600
71092d70 601* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 602
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603* readahead:
604 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
605 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
606 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
607 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
608 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 609
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610* add support for /bin/mount -s
611
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612* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
613
68c7d001 614* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 615 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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616 - enabling dbus services
617 - status update
7a2a0b90 618 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 619 - remote access
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620 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
621 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 622 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 623 - auto-restart
e707c494 624 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 625 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 626 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 627 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 628 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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629 - calendar time events
630 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
631 - how to create your own target
632 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
633 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 634
44143309 635* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 636
71092d70 637* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 638
260abb78 639* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 640
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641* Support --test based on current system state
642
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643* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
644
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645* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
646
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647* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
648
71092d70 649* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 650
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651* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
652
7ba97195 653* systemd-python:
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655 works with ^C
b04c8c83 656 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 657
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658* bootchart:
659 - plot per-process IO utilization
660 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
661 - document initcall_debug
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662 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
663
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664* udev-link-config:
665 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
666 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
667 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 668 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 669
88e4d1d7 670* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 671 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 672 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 673
0a4b9a07 674* networkd:
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675 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
676 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
8faf88e5 677 - send hostname to DHCP server
0a4b9a07 678 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 679 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 680 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
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681 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
682 - set lifetime on the address acquired from dhcp
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683 - patch kernel to support module alias for tunnel device (ipip/sit/gre),
684 then remove remove libkmod dependency and CAP_SYS_MODULE
1f0e0484 685 - add veth netdev support (c.f. http://shorewall.net/bridge-Shorewall-perl.html#veth)
2b1c3767 686 - add tun/tap netdev support
8477107d 687 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
155e8b9a 688
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689* networkd-wait-online:
690 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 691
ac976532 692* dhcp:
424a8732 693 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
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694 - export timezone information
695 - FORCERENEW
696
2f8cd170 697External:
74fe1fe3 698
cc9784c6 699* dbus:
3377af3e 700 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 701 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 702
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703* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
704
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705* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
706
9096ad36 707* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 708
71092d70 709* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
14bd37fe 710
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711* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
712
d28315e4 713* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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715* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
716
717* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
718
719* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
720
d2bbca68 721* 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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723* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
724
725* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 726
4641a16b 727* 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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730
129126f3 731Regularly:
874aa2cc 732
129126f3 733* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 734
129126f3 735* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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737* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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739* pahole
740
d28315e4 741* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 742
4db17f29 743* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
88fae6e0 744
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746
9e5f3dbb 747Scheduled for removal or fixing:
a3a3e5b6 748
9e5f3dbb 749* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)