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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
19aadacf 2* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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3 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
4 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
5 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.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
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13* shorten the message to sane length:
14
15 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.
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17* systemctl --root=container/ set-default ... is totally borked.
18
f38afcd0 19External:
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f38afcd0 21* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 22 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 23
f38afcd0 24* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 25
f38afcd0 26* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 27
eb124a97 28Features:
154ff088 29
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30* Imply DevicePolicy=closed when PrivateDevices= is used
31
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32* add an "input" group to udev logic and add all input devices to it
33
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34* libsystemd-login: implement getpeer_unit(), get_peer_slice(), ...
35
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36* machined: provide calls GetMachineByAddress() on the manager
37 interface to get the machine for a local IP address, and
38 GetAddress() on the Machine interface to get the Address for a
39 machine. Implement via forking off child process which quickly joins
40 the cotnainer and passes data to parent. Show this in "machinectl
41 status", and use it to implement NSS module to provide automatic
42 name resolution for containers.
43
44* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
45 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
46 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 47
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48* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
49
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50* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
51 /proc/$PID/exe
52
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53* systemctl (and possibly related tools): support a new switch that
54 allows enumerating units in local containers recursively. "systemctl
55 list-units -R" or so should not only lists on the host, but also the
56 services in all containers in a pretty way, to give an overview of
57 the entire system. Also, maybe add "systemctl list-machines" which
58 works like "machinectl list" but includes information about the
59 health status of each registered machine. For that we should
60 probably implement something that encodes the system health status
61 in a single enum state, i.e. something like a system-wide state
62 starting → running → failed → stopping, that is based on the current
63 job queue and a check for failed services. Maybe then change
64 "systemctl status" without args to output this state along with a
65 selection of other data, such as the uptime or so.
66
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67* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
68 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
69 for ReusePort=
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71* add a timelimit to generator invocation
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73* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
74 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
75 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
76 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
77 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
78
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79* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
80
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81* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
82 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
83 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
84 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
85 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
86 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
87
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88* completions:
89 - busctl zsh completion is outdated
90 - systemd-nspawn -Z/-L/-q is missing for zsh
ef417cfd 91 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
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f38afcd0 93* cgroups:
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94 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
95 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
96 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
97 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
98 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
99 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
100 the hierarchies of child processes
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102* transient units:
103 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
104 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
105 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 106
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107* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
108
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109* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
110
f38afcd0 111* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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113* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
114
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115* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
116
94676f3e 117* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 118
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119* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
120
af1082b0 121* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
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123* 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
124
7f79cd71 125* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 126
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127* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
128 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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129 path anyway.
130
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131* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
132
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133* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
134 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 135 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 136
6aaa8c2f 137* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 138
e1b7e7ec 139* make sure gdm doesn't use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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141* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
142
143* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
144
9444b1f2 145* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 146 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 147 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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148 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
149 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 150
19aadacf 151* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
1f263d4d 152
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153* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
154 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
155
6bb648a1 156* sd-bus:
eb01ba5d 157 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
86312ab8 158 - implement monitor logic
f38afcd0 159 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 160 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
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161 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
162 - upload minimal kdbus policy into the kernel at boot
80caea6c 163 - 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 164 - longer term: priority inheritance
452de75e 165 - check sender of response messages
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166 - dbus spec updates:
167 - kdbus mapping
168 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
169 - GVariant
bee7e928 170 - "const" properties (posted)
00586799 171 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
6a8b5fa4 172 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
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173 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
174 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
69727e6d 175 - test bloom filter generation indexes
2fcb3af6 176 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
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177 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
178 - constructors for bus messages should probably not be OK with a NULL bus pointer
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180* sd-event
12179984 181 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 182
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183* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
184 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
185 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
186
69af4503 187* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 188
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189* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
190 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
191
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192* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
193
194* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
195
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196* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
197
198* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
199
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200* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
201
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202* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
203
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204* test/:
205 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
206 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 207
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208* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
209
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210* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
211 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
212 file.
213
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214* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
215 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
216 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
217 destination.
218
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219* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
220 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
221
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222* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
223
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224* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
225 need manual exponential loops after all
226
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227* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
228 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
229 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
230 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
231
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232* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
233 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
234 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
235 that automatically.
236
e5ec62c5 237* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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239* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
240
54c31a79 241* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 242
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243* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
244
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245* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
246
247* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
248
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249* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
250
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251* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
252
356ce991 253* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 254
81d112a8 255* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 256
b44be3ec 257* EFI:
b44be3ec 258 - write man page for efi boot generator
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259 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
260 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 261 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 262
c0fe5db5 263* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 264
b44be3ec 265* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 266
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267* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
268 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 270* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 271
b44be3ec 272* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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274* logind:
275 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
276 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
277 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
278 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
279 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
b44be3ec 280 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
e5ec62c5 281 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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282 - when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
283 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
284 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
285 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
286 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
287 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
288 needs setuid().
e673ad04 289
b44be3ec 290* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 291
b44be3ec 292* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 293
b44be3ec 294* journal:
c06bf414 295 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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296 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
297 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
298 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
299 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
300 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
301 - journal: reuse XZ context
302 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
303 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
304 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
305 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
306 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
307 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
308 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 309 - 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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310 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
311 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 312 - 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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313 - 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.
314 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
315 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 316 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 317 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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318 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
319 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
320 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
321 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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322 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
323 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 324 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 325 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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326 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
327 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
328 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
329 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
330 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
331 to syslog when it works again.
332 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
333 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
334 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
335 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
336 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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338* document:
8b8f2591 339 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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340 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
341 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 342 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 343 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 344 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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345 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
346 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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347 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
348 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
349 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
350 - man: add more examples to man pages
351 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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353* systemctl:
354 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
355 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
356 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
357 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
358 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
359 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
360 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
361 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
362 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
363 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
364 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
365 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
366 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 367 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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368 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
369 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
8b8f2591 370 - in systemctl list-timers show time triggering units ran last
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372* unit install:
373 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
374 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
375 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
376 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
377 unit however should remove them all).
378 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
379 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 380
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381* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
382
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383* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
384
385* timer units:
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386 - timer events with system resume
387 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
388 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
389 o DST changes
eb124a97 390 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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391 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
392 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we won't support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
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393 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
394 - anacron-like feature
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396* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
397
398* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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399 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
400 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 401 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 402 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 403 user did not request anything like it.
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405* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
406 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
407 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
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409* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
410 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
411 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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412 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
413 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
414 better supported alternative.
e707c494 415
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416* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
417
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418* 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().
419
420* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
421* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
422* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 424* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
6d0274f1 425
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426* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
427
b44be3ec 428* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 429
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430* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
431 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
432 - superset of tmpfiles model
433 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
434 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
435 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
436
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437* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
438 waiting for the timeout
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440* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
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442* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
443
b44be3ec 444* nspawn:
86d0d519 445 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with /usr/bin/getent, so that NSS resolving works correctly
b44be3ec 446 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
b44be3ec 447 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9e281251 448 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters
9cb74bcb 449 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 450 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
af1082b0 451 - maybe: hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
af1082b0 452 - allow booting disk images with a GPT signature using the bootloaderspec partition uuids
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453 - generate predictable mac addresses for the netdev we create (host0), maybe based on guest's machine
454 name and machine-id of host (?)
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456* cryptsetup:
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457 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
458 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
459 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 460 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 461
424a19f8 462* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 463 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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465* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
466
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467* make timer units go away after they elapsed
468
8556879e 469* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 470 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 471
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472* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
473
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474* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
475
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476* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
477
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478* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
479
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480* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
481
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482* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
483
68f16003 484* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 485
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486* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
487
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488* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
489 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
490 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
491 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 492 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 493 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 494
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495* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
496
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497* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
498
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499* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
500
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501* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
502
88a6c589 503* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 504
bcd02123 505* syscall filter: optionally don't enforce no new privs?
c66d36e5 506
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507* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
508 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
509
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510* introduce Type=pid-file
511
59cea26a 512* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 513
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514* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
515
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516* automount: implement expire:
517 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
518 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
519 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
520 - blocking, needs a thread
521 - run until -EAGAIN
522 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
523 - call umount
524 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
525 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 526
e01a15b7 527* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 528
abd55b16 529* udev:
3f60bcb5 530 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 531 - move to LGPL
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532 - kill scsi_id
533 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 534 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 535
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536* 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
537
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538* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
539
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540* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
541
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542* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
543
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544* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
545
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546* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
547
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548* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
549
550* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
551
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552* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
553
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554* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
555 needs to be auto-respawned?
556
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557* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
558
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559* tmpfiles:
560 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
561 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 562
b44be3ec 563* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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566
d3c7d7dd 567* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 568
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569* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
570 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
571
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572* move PAM code into its own binary
573
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574* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
575 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
576
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577* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
578
7c697168 579* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 580
71092d70 581* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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584 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
585 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
586
f38afcd0 587* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
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589* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
590 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
591
71092d70 592* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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594* readahead:
595 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
596 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
597 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
598 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
599 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 600
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601* add support for /bin/mount -s
602
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603* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
604
68c7d001 605* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 606 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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607 - enabling dbus services
608 - status update
7a2a0b90 609 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 610 - remote access
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611 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
612 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 613 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 614 - auto-restart
e707c494 615 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 616 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 617 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 618 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 619 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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620 - calendar time events
621 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
622 - how to create your own target
623 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
624 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 625
44143309 626* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 627
71092d70 628* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 629
260abb78 630* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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632* Support --test based on current system state
633
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634* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
635
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636* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
637
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638* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
639
71092d70 640* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 641
50f2a90d 642* io priority during initialization
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645
7ba97195 646* systemd-python:
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648 works with ^C
b04c8c83 649 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 650
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651* bootchart:
652 - plot per-process IO utilization
653 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
654 - document initcall_debug
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655 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
656
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657* udev-link-config:
658 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
659 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
660 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 661
88e4d1d7 662* sd-rtnl:
32216660 663 - add support for exiting containers without reading them fully first
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664 - add support for more attribute types
665
0a4b9a07 666* networkd:
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667 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
668 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 669 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 670 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
0a4b9a07 671
2f8cd170 672External:
74fe1fe3 673
cc9784c6 674* dbus:
3377af3e 675 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 676 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 677
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678* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
679
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680* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
681
9096ad36 682* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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684* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
685 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
686 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
687 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
688 the RTC to sync up.
689
71092d70 690* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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692* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
693
694* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
695
696* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
697
698* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
699
700* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
701
d2bbca68 702* 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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704* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
705
706* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 707
4641a16b 708* 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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129126f3 710Regularly:
874aa2cc 711
129126f3 712* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 713
129126f3 714* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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716* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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718* pahole
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71092d70 720* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 721
4db17f29 722* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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725
9e5f3dbb 726Scheduled for removal or fixing:
a3a3e5b6 727
9e5f3dbb 728* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)