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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?
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 12
f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 15 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
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f38afcd0 17* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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f38afcd0 19* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
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81429136 21* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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23* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
24
81429136 25Features:
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27* sd-event: - make it possible to embedd our event loop into foreign
28 event loops by passing out the epoll fd and providing three functions
29 that fit into GSource nicely.
30
b873d33e 31* networkd:
dae1e55b 32 - add LLDP support
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33 - ipv4ll with multiple interfaces doesn't work when both dhcp and
34 ipv4ll is used. for some reasons the kernel will currently pick an
35 ipv4ll source address to reach non-ipv4ll gateways.
36 - dhcp and ipv4ll should probably be skipped for "lo" devices, even
37 if the user has a catchall .network file installed, that might
38 theoretically match it.
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39 - we probably should introduce a new operational state that
40 indicates that we are trying to acquire some configuration for a
41 link but haven't acquired any yet. Just to inform the admin that
42 networkd cares about an interface, but is still in progress..
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43 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
44 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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45 - maybe have bool flag in .link units to enable promiscuous mode for interfaces
46 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021568.html
b873d33e 47
9d6db739 48* resolved:
9d6db739 49 - DNSSEC
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50 - use base64 for key presentation?
51 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 52 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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53 - DNS
54 - search paths
9d6db739 55 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 56 - avahi compat
9d6db739 57 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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58 - edns0
59 - dname
b6b63571 60 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 61
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62* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
63 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
64 pull-in the policy.
65
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66* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
67
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68* the resolv.conf tmpfiles line should be covered by ENABLE_NETWORKD...
69
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70* sysusers:
71 - also create entries in /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow
72 - allow setting the home directory of system users
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74* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
75
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76* refuse mounting on symlinks
77
fed515f0 78* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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80* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
81
a01647e5 82* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 83 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 84 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 85 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 86
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87* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
88
89* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
90
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91* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
92* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
93
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94* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
95
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96* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
97
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98* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
99
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100* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
101
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102* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
103
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104* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
105
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106* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
107 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 108
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109* 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
110
f598ac3e 111* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
11fb37f1 112
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113* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
114
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115* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
116
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117* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
118
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119* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
120
121* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
122
6a3f892a 123* gpt-auto-generator:
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124 - Support LUKS for root devices
125 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 126 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 127
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128* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
129 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 130 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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131 the most common operations.
132
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133* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
134 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
135 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 136
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137* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
138
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139* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
140 /proc/$PID/exe
141
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142* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
143 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
144 for ReusePort=
145
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146* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
147 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
148 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
149 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
150 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
151
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152* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
153
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154* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
155 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
156 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
157 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
158 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
159 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
160
ef417cfd 161* completions:
ef417cfd 162 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 163
f38afcd0 164* cgroups:
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165 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
166 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
167 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
168 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
169 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
170 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
171 the hierarchies of child processes
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173* transient units:
174 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
175 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
176 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 177
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178* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
179
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180* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
181
f38afcd0 182* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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184* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
185
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186* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
187
94676f3e 188* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 189
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190* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
191
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192* 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
193
7f79cd71 194* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 195
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196* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
197 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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198 path anyway.
199
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200* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
201
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202* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
203 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 204 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 205
6aaa8c2f 206* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 207
d28315e4 208* 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 209
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210* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
211
212* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
213
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214* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
215 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
216
6bb648a1 217* sd-bus:
d28315e4 218 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 219 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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220 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
221 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
222 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 223 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 224 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 225 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 226 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 227 - 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 228 - longer term: priority inheritance
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229 - dbus spec updates:
230 - kdbus mapping
231 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
232 - GVariant
bee7e928 233 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 234 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 235 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 236 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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238* sd-event
12179984 239 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 240
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241* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
242 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
243 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
244
69af4503 245* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 246
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247* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
248 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
249
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250* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
251
252* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
253
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254* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
255
256* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
257
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258* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
259
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260* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
261
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262* test/:
263 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
264 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 265
b5c03638 266* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 267 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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268 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
269 destination.
270
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271* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
272 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
273
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274* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
275
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276* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
277 need manual exponential loops after all
278
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279* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
280 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
281 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
282 is installed.
795607b2 283
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284* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
285 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
286 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
287 that automatically.
288
e5ec62c5 289* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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291* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
292
d28315e4 293* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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295* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
296
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297* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
298
299* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
300
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301* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
302
356ce991 303* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 304
81d112a8 305* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 306
b44be3ec 307* EFI:
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308 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
309 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 310 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 311
c0fe5db5 312* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 313
b44be3ec 314* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 315
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316* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
317 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 319* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 320
b44be3ec 321* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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323* logind:
324 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
325 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
326 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
327 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
328 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 329 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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330 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
331 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
332 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
333 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
334 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
335 needs setuid().
e673ad04 336
b44be3ec 337* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 338
b44be3ec 339* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 341* journal:
c06bf414 342 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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343 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
344 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
345 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 346 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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347 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
348 - journal: reuse XZ context
349 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
350 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
351 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
352 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
353 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
354 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
355 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 356 - 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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357 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
358 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 359 - 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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360 - 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.
361 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
362 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 363 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 364 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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365 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
366 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
367 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
368 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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369 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
370 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 371 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 372 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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373 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
374 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
375 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
376 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
377 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
378 to syslog when it works again.
379 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
380 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
381 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 382 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 383 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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385* document:
8b8f2591 386 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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387 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
388 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 389 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 390 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 391 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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392 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
393 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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394 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
395 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
396 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
397 - man: add more examples to man pages
398 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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400* systemctl:
401 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
402 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
403 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
404 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
405 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
406 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
407 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
408 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 409 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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410 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
411 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
412 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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413 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
414 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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416* unit install:
417 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
418 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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419 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
420 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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b44be3ec 422* timer units:
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423 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
424 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
425 o DST changes
eb124a97 426 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 427 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 428 - 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 429 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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431* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
432
433* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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434 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
435 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 436 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 437 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 438 user did not request anything like it.
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441
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442* 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().
443
444* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 445* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 446* fedup: generator
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448* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
449
b44be3ec 450* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 451
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452* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
453 waiting for the timeout
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455* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
456
d28315e4 457* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 458
b44be3ec 459* nspawn:
b44be3ec 460 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 461 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 462 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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464* cryptsetup:
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465 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
466 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
467 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 468 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 469
424a19f8 470* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 471 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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473* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
474
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475* make timer units go away after they elapsed
476
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477* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
478
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479* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
480
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481* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
482
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483* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
484
68f16003 485* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 486
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487* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
488 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 489 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 490 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 491 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 492 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 493
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494* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
495
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496* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
497
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498* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
499
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500* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
501
88a6c589 502* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 503
9946996c 504* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 505 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 506
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508
59cea26a 509* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 510
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511* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
512
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513* automount: implement expire:
514 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
515 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
516 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
517 - blocking, needs a thread
518 - run until -EAGAIN
519 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
520 - call umount
521 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
522 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 523
e01a15b7 524* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 525
abd55b16 526* udev:
3f60bcb5 527 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 528 - move to LGPL
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529 - kill scsi_id
530 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 531 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 532
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533* 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
534
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535* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
536
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537* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
538
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539* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
540
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541* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
542
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543* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
544
545* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
546
70a44afe 547* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 548
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550 needs to be auto-respawned?
551
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552* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
553
f38afcd0 554* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 555 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 556
d28315e4 557* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 558
7f8aa671 559* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 560
d3c7d7dd 561* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 562
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563* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
564 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
565
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567
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568* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
569 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
570
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571* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
572
7c697168 573* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 574
71092d70 575* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 576
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577* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
578 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
579 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
580
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582 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
583
71092d70 584* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 585
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587 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
588 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
589 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
590 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
591 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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593* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
594
68c7d001 595* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 596 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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597 - enabling dbus services
598 - status update
7a2a0b90 599 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 600 - remote access
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601 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
602 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 603 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 604 - auto-restart
e707c494 605 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 606 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 607 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 608 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 609 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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611 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
612 - how to create your own target
613 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
614 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 615
44143309 616* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 617
260abb78 618* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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620* Support --test based on current system state
621
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622* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
623
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624* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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626* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
627
71092d70 628* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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7ba97195 632* systemd-python:
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634 works with ^C
b04c8c83 635 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 636
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638 - plot per-process IO utilization
639 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
640 - document initcall_debug
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641 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
642
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644 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
645 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
646 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 647 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
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88e4d1d7 649* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 650 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 651 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 652
0a4b9a07 653* networkd:
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654 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
655 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 656 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 657 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 658 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 659 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 660 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 661 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 662 - add support for more bond options
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665 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 666
ac976532 667* dhcp:
424a8732 668 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 669 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 670 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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673 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
674 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
675 - write more test cases
676 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
677 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
678 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
679 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
680 - implement elapsed time option
681 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
682 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
683 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
684 or interface down
685 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
686 this behavior
687
2f8cd170 688External:
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cc9784c6 690* dbus:
3377af3e 691 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 692 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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695
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9096ad36 698* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 699
71092d70 700* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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d28315e4 704* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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706* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
707
708* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
709
710* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
711
d2bbca68 712* 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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714* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
715
716* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 717
4641a16b 718* 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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722* zsh shell completion: <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently
723 does not
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129126f3 725Regularly:
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129126f3 727* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 728
129126f3 729* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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731* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 735* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 736
4db17f29 737* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 741Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 743* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)