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71092d70 1Bugfixes:
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2* kill /etc/timezone handling entirely? What does it provide?
3 - /etc/localtime carries the same information already:
4 $ ls -l /etc/localtime; cat /etc/timezone
5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Jul 27 09:55 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin
6 Europe/Berlin
7 - systemd enforces /usr to be available at bootup, so we can
8 enforce the use of the symlink
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10* remove MS_SHARED from src/core/execute.c and src/test/test-ns.c. They are always combined
11 with MS_REMOUNT, which currently does nothing in the kernel, but might which fail in the
80037e4d 12 future; https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813563
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14* check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
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16* swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken
17
05677bb7 18* make anaconda write timeout=0 for encrypted devices
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20* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
21 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
22 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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24* make polkit checks async
25
a40593a0 26* 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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28* we pull src/core/manager.h into src/shared/src/shared/path-lookup.c which is the wrong direction
29 rename enum "ManagerRunningAs" to "SystemdRunningAs" and move it to shared/
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31* crash happens when running a service as forking and then changing it to simple and reloading.
32
33 Jul 09 18:20:57 mop systemd[1]: usbmuxd.service operation timed out. Terminating.
34 Jul 09 18:20:57 mop systemd[1]: Unit usbmuxd.service entered failed state.
35 Jul 09 18:22:24 mop systemd[1]: PID 21814 read from file /var/run/usbmuxd.pid does not exist.
36 Jul 09 18:22:24 mop systemd[1]: Unit usbmuxd.service entered failed state.
37 Jul 09 18:22:33 mop systemd[1]: Reloading.
38 Jul 09 18:22:37 mop systemd[1]: Assertion 's->type == SERVICE_FORKING' failed at src/core/service.c:3007, function service_sigchld_eve...Aborting.
39 Jul 09 18:22:37 mop systemd[1]: Caught <ABRT>, dumped core as pid 21865.
40 Jul 09 18:22:37 mop systemd[1]: Freezing execution.
41 Jul 09 18:22:37 mop [21866]: Process 21865 (systemd) dumped core.
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43* support *static* (/run) hibernate inhibitors. All rpm -i actions should completely prevent any
44 sort of hibernate action until the next reboot. If the kernel or any other base tool is replaced
45 by rpm, the resume path might fail, the for resume needed kernel might even be uninstalled, and
46 the whole situation leads directly to data loss.
47
71092d70 48Features:
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50* add proper journal support to "systemctl --user status ..."
51
52* add _SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT= field to journal entries
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54* remove Fedora /dev/null logic from localed.c, now that system-config-keyboard is gone
55 delete /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-system-setup-keyboard.conf from spec file
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57* journal: expose current disk usage
58
59* logind: return EBUSY when a session is created on a seat+VT that already has one.
60
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61* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
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63* wiki: document new logind LockSessions() call
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65* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
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67* logind: different policy actions for idle, suspend, shutdown blockers: allow idle blockers by default, don't allow suspend blockers by default
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69* install README to /etc/rc.d/init.d (if support for that is enabled) helping people who use "ls" there to figure out which services exist.
70
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71* logind: ignore inactive login screens when checking whether power key should be handled
72
88a6c589 73* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
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75* systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
76
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77* syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
78
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79* syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
80
81* syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
82
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83* logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
84
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85* switch-root: sockets need relabelling
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87* segfault in journalctl during /var migration
88
89* systemd-analyze post-boot is broken for initrd
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91* man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
92
49f43d5f 93* journalctl should complain if run with uid != 0 and no persistent logs exist
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95* .device aliases need to be implemented with the "following" logic, probably.
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97* refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
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99* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
100 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
101
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102* journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
103
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104* Document:
105 - PID 1 D-Bus API
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107* introduce Type=pid-file
108
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109* systemctl list-unit-files appears to be broken for symlinked units in /usr/lib
110
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111* maybe allow services with ExecStop= set, but no ExecStart=?
112
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113* efi: implement /forcefsck as uefi variables thus not requiring file system altering to trigger a file system check
114
115* efi: honour language efi variables for default language selection
116
117* efi: honour timezone efi variables for default timezone selection
118
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119* efi: automatically mount EFI partition to /boot if no such entry exists in /etc/fstab and /boot is empty
120 gummiboot exports the EFI system partion (ESP) device:
121 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderDeviceIdentifier-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
122 Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1F|2)/?/HD(Part1,Sig1FCBC57F-4BFC-4C2B-91A3-9C84FBCD9AF1)
123 '/' is the separator for the device path list
124 HD(Part1,Sig1FCBC57F-4BFC-4C2B-91A3-9C84FBCD9AF1) contains the GPT UUID of the ESP
125
126* read the bootloader performance data (raw TSC) in systemd-analyze
127 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksExec-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
128 19066159288
129 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksInit-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
130 17442940316
131 /sys/firmware/efi/vars/LoaderTicksStartMenu-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f/data
132 (only set if the menu was active)
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134* new dependency type to "group" services in a target
135
59cea26a 136* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 137
94734142 138* support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f1a8e221 139
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140* systemctl: when stopping a service which has triggres and warning about it actually check the TriggeredBy= deps fields
141
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142* journal: hook up with EFI firmware log, new kmsg logic
143
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144* handle C-A-Del in logind, like the power/suspend buttons?
145
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146* nspawn: make use of device cgroup contrller by default
147
50940700 148* journalctl /dev/sda, journalctl --device=b12:8 (--device=n12, --device=+usb:1-1)
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150* make use of /sys/power/wake_lock in inhibitors
151
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152* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
153
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154* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
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156* readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
157
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158* (attempt to) make Debianites happy:
159 - implement .d/ auto includes for unit files
160 - add syntax to reset ExecStart= lists (and similar)
161
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162* manipulate CPU governor during boot, set it to performance
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164* steal SBF management from the kernel
165
166* delay journal /var writeout to after boot if SBF is clean
167
168* move passno parsing to fstab generator
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170* improve !/proc/*/loginuid situation: make /proc/*/loginuid less dependent on CONFIG_AUDIT,
171 or use the users cgroup information when /proc/*/loginuid is not available.
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173* pam_systemd: try to get old session id from cgroup, if audit sessionid cannot be determined
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175* pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
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177* maybe introduce ~/.config/locale.conf and apply it within PAM
178
179* readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
180
181* automount: implement expire
182
eecd1362 183* logind: auto-suspend, auto-shutdown:
d889a206 184 IdleAction=(none|suspend|opportunistic|hibernate|poweroff)
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185 IdleActionDelay=...
186 SessionIdleMode=(explicit|ignore|login)
187 ForceShutdown=(yes|no)
188
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189* services which create their own subcgroups break cgroup-empty notification (needs to be fixed in the kernel)
190
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191* don't delete /tmp/systemd-namespace-* before a process is gone down
192
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193* vconsole: implement setterm -store -foreground xxx --background zzz
194
e01a15b7 195* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 196
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197* fedora: make sshd and pam_loginuid work in nspawn containers
198
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199* fix utmp for console logins in containers
200
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201* Add pretty name for seats in logind
202
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203* nspawn wants dev_setup() for /dev/fd/ and friends?
204
20ffc4c4 205* selinux: merge systemd selinux access controls (dwalsh)
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207* ConditionSecurity= should learn about IMA
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209* Auke: merge Auke's bootchart
210
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211* udev: move to LGPL
212
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213* udev systemd unify:
214 - strpcpy(), strpcpyl(), strscpy(), strscpyl()
215 - utf8 validator code
216 - now() vs. now_usec()
20ffc4c4 217
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218* udev: remove network interface renaming, sleep and retry logic, we do
219 no support renaming of interfaces in the conflicting kernel
220 namespace
221
b45f770f 222* udev: find a way to tell udev to not cancel firmware requests when running in initramfs
b8217b7b 223
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224* udev: scsi_id -> sg3_utils -> kill scsi_id
225
226* udev: add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 227
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228* allow configuration of console width/height in vconsole.conf
229
18b754d3 230* cleanup syslog 'priority' vs. 'level' wording
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232* journal: if mmap() fails for mapping window try to unmap a a few older maps
233
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234* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
235
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236* 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
237
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238* support container_ttys=
239
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240* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
241
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242* journalctl: show multiline log messages sanely, expand tabs, and show all valid utf8 messages
243
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244* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
245
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246* journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
247
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248* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
249
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250* journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the componets would fit
251
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252* add command to systemctl to plot dependency graph as tree (see rhbz 795365)
253
144f0fc0 254* make logind reserve tty9 or so for text logins, so that gdm never picks it up
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255
256* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
257
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258* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
259
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260* Possibly, detect whether SysV init scripts can do reloading by looking for "echo Usage:" lines
261
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262* figure out whether we should leave dbus around during shutdown
263
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264* dbus: in fedora, make the machine a symlink to /etc/machine-id
265
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266* journald: reuse XZ context
267
c4aa65e7 268* logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
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270* write RPM spec macros for presets
271
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272* journal: API for looking for retrieving "all values of this field"
273
274* journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
275
276* journal: local deserializer of export mode, http server
277
278* journal: message catalog
279
280* journal: forward-secure signatures
281
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282* document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
283
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284* rework namespace support, don't use pivot_root, and mount things after creating the namespace, not before
285
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286* systemctl journal command
287
288* journalctl: --cursor support, priority filtering
289
290* systemctl status: show coredumps
291
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292* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
293
294* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
295
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296* clean up session cgroups that remain after logout (think sshd), but eventually run empty
297
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298* support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
299
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300* logind: allow showing logout dialog from system
301
302* document that %% can be used to write % in a string that is specifier extended
303
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304* when an instanced service exits, remove its parent cgroup too if possible.
305
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306* if we can not get user quota for tmpfs, mount a separate tmpfs instance
307 for every user in /run/user/$USER with a configured maximum size
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309* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
310
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311* add an option to make mounts private/shareable and so on, enable this for root by default
312
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313* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
314 needs to be auto-respawned?
315
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316* Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
317
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318* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
319
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320* something like ConditionExec= or ExecStartPre= without failure state
321
de6c78f8 322* tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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324* don't set $HOME in services unless requested
325
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326* hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
327
d3c7d7dd 328* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 329
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330* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
331 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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333* move PAM code into its own binary
334
335* warn if the user stops a service but not its associated socket
0a55b298 336
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337* logind: spawn user@..service on login
338
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339* logind: non-local X11 server handling
340
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341* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
342 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
343
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344* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
345
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346* readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
347
348* readahead: check whether a btrfs volume includes ssd by checking mount flag "ssd"
349
7c697168 350* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 351
71092d70 352* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 353
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354* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
355 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
356 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
357
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358* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
359 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
360
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361* move nss-myhostname into systemd
362
71092d70 363* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 364
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365* drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
366
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367* add support for /bin/mount -s
368
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369* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
370
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371* when failing to start a service due to ratelimiting, try again later, if restart=always is set
372
68c7d001 373* write blog stories about:
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374 - enabling dbus services
375 - status update
7a2a0b90 376 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 377 - remote access
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378 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
379 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
acb14d31 380 - resource control in systemd
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381 - inhibiting
382 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
73090dc8 383
44143309 384* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 385
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386* move readahead files into /var, look for them with .path units
387
ba1a5515 388* teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
9408a2d2 389
71092d70 390* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
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392* when key file cannot be found, read it from kbd in cryptsetup
393
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394* reuse mkdtemp namespace dirs in /tmp?
395
260abb78 396* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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398* Support --test based on current system state
399
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400* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
401
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402* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
403
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404* configurable jitter for timer events
405
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406* timer events with system resume
407
408* timer events on calendar time
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410* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
411
8c6db833 412* calendar time support in timer, iCalendar semantics for the timer stuff (RFC2445)
8bf7fea5 413 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=99ee5315dac6211e972fa3f23bcc9a0343ff58c4
351c7e74 414
129126f3 415* implicitly import "defaults" settings file into all types
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416* exec settings override
417* writable cgroups dbus properties for live changes
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419* read config fragments for all units from /lib/systemd/system/foobar.service.d/ to override/extend specific settings
420
129126f3 421* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
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422 - rpcbind (/var/run/rpcbind.sock!) HAVEPATCH
423 - cups HAVEPATCH
a625ac1a 424 - postfix, saslauthd
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425 - apache/samba
426 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
427 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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428 - distccd
429
71092d70 430* auditd service files
0ff3dea7 431
71092d70 432* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 433
50f2a90d 434* io priority during initialization
8fe914ec 435
71092d70 436* systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
20604ebc 437
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438* add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
439
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440* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
441
2f8cd170 442External:
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cc9784c6 444* dbus:
cc9784c6 445 - dbus --user
3377af3e 446 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
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447 - allow specification of socket mode/umask when allocating DBusServer
448 - allow disabling of fd passing when connecting a AF_UNIX connection
3377af3e 449 - allow disabling of UID passing for AUTH EXTERNAL
b69d29ce 450 - always pass cred data along each message
cc9784c6 451
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452* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
453
7d9e57d2 454* gnome-shell python script/glxinfo/is-accelerated must die
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456* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
457
44143309 458* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys and /sys/fs/cgroup?
06ae4bfe 459
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460* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
461 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
462 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
463 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
464 the RTC to sync up.
465
71092d70 466* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
14bd37fe 467
129126f3 468Regularly:
874aa2cc 469
129126f3 470* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 471
129126f3 472* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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474* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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475
476* %m in printf() instead of strerror();
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478* pahole
479
71092d70 480* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
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482Scheduled for removal (or fixing):
483
484* xxxOverridable dependencies
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486* journald.conf: ImportKernel=
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488* prefdm.service