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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:
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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:
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30* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
31
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32* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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34* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
35
36* maybe add DefaultTimerAccuracySec= as global config option to set AccuracySec='s default value in .timer units
37
6a3f892a 38* gpt-auto-generator:
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39 - Support LUKS for root devices
40 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 41 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 42
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43* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
44 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
45 don't have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
46 the most common operations.
47
726a6e96 48* support transient mount units
7ba4fedb 49
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50* add an "input" group to udev logic and add all input devices to it
51
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52* machined: provide calls GetMachineByAddress() on the manager
53 interface to get the machine for a local IP address, and
54 GetAddress() on the Machine interface to get the Address for a
55 machine. Implement via forking off child process which quickly joins
56 the cotnainer and passes data to parent. Show this in "machinectl
57 status", and use it to implement NSS module to provide automatic
58 name resolution for containers.
59
60* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
61 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
62 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 63
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64* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
65
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66* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
67 /proc/$PID/exe
68
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69* systemctl: support --recursive for list-sockets, list-timers,
70 ... too, not just for list-units.
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72* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
73 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
74 for ReusePort=
75
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76* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
77 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
78 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
79 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
80 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
81
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82* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
83
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84* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
85 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
86 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
87 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
88 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
89 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
90
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91* completions:
92 - busctl zsh completion is outdated
93 - systemd-nspawn -Z/-L/-q is missing for zsh
ef417cfd 94 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 95
f38afcd0 96* cgroups:
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97 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
98 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
99 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
100 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
101 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
102 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
103 the hierarchies of child processes
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105* transient units:
106 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
107 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
108 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 109
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110* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
111
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112* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
113
f38afcd0 114* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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116* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
117
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118* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
119
94676f3e 120* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 121
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122* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
123
af1082b0 124* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
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126* 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
127
7f79cd71 128* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 129
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130* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
131 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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132 path anyway.
133
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134* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
135
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136* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
137 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 138 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 139
6aaa8c2f 140* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 141
e1b7e7ec 142* make sure gdm doesn't use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 143
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144* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
145
146* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
147
9444b1f2 148* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 149 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 150 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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151 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
152 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 153
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154* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
155 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
156
6bb648a1 157* sd-bus:
eb01ba5d 158 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
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159 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
160 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
161 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
162 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
163 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
164 - constructors for bus messages should probably not be OK with a NULL bus pointer
165 - .busname units should not use get_user_creds()/get_cgroup_creds() but instead do NSS only in temporarily forked off child
f38afcd0 166 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 167 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
80caea6c 168 - 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 169 - longer term: priority inheritance
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170 - dbus spec updates:
171 - kdbus mapping
172 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
173 - GVariant
bee7e928 174 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 175 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 176 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 177 - test bloom filter generation indexes
0f3e07b7 178 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
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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()
54c31a79 238
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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 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
283 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
284 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
285 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
286 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
287 needs setuid().
e673ad04 288
b44be3ec 289* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 290
b44be3ec 291* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 293* journal:
c06bf414 294 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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295 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
296 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
297 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
298 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
299 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
300 - journal: reuse XZ context
301 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
302 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
303 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
304 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
305 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
306 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
307 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 308 - 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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309 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
310 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 311 - 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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312 - 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.
313 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
314 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 315 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 316 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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317 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
318 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
319 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
320 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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321 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
322 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 323 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 324 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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325 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
326 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
327 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
328 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
329 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
330 to syslog when it works again.
331 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
332 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
333 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
334 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
335 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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337* document:
8b8f2591 338 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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339 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
340 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 341 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 342 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 343 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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344 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
345 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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346 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
347 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
348 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
349 - man: add more examples to man pages
350 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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352* systemctl:
353 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
354 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
355 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
356 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
357 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
358 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
359 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
360 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
361 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
362 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
363 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
364 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
365 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 366 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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367 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
368 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
8b8f2591 369 - in systemctl list-timers show time triggering units ran last
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371* unit install:
372 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
373 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
374 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
375 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
376 unit however should remove them all).
377 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
378 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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380* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
381
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382* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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384* timer units:
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385 - timer events with system resume
386 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
387 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
388 o DST changes
eb124a97 389 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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390 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
391 - 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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392 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
393 - anacron-like feature
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395* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
396
397* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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398 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
399 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 400 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 401 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 402 user did not request anything like it.
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404* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
405 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
406 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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407 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
408 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
409 better supported alternative.
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411* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
412
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413* 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().
414
415* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
416* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
417* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 419* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
6d0274f1 420
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421* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
422
b44be3ec 423* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 424
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425* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
426 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
427 - superset of tmpfiles model
428 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
429 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
430 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
431
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432* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
433 waiting for the timeout
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435* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
436
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437* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
438
b44be3ec 439* nspawn:
b44be3ec 440 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
b44be3ec 441 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9e281251 442 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters
9cb74bcb 443 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 444 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
af1082b0 445 - maybe: hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
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446 - generate predictable mac addresses for the netdev we create (host0), maybe based on guest's machine
447 name and machine-id of host (?)
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449* cryptsetup:
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450 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
451 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
452 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 453 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 454
424a19f8 455* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 456 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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458* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
459
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460* make timer units go away after they elapsed
461
8556879e 462* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 463 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 464
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465* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
466
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467* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
468
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469* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
470
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471* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
472
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473* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
474
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475* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
476
68f16003 477* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 478
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479* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
480
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481* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
482 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
483 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
484 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 485 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 486 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 487
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488* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
489
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490* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
491
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492* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
493
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494* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
495
88a6c589 496* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 497
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498* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
499 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
500
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501* introduce Type=pid-file
502
59cea26a 503* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 504
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505* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
506
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507* automount: implement expire:
508 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
509 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
510 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
511 - blocking, needs a thread
512 - run until -EAGAIN
513 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
514 - call umount
515 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
516 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 517
e01a15b7 518* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 519
abd55b16 520* udev:
3f60bcb5 521 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 522 - move to LGPL
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524 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 525 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 526
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527* 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
528
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529* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
530
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531* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
532
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533* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
534
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535* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
536
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537* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
538
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539* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
540
541* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
542
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543* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
544
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545* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
546 needs to be auto-respawned?
547
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548* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
549
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550* tmpfiles:
551 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
552 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 553
b44be3ec 554* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 555
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557
d3c7d7dd 558* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 559
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560* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
561 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
562
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564
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565* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
566 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
567
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568* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
569
7c697168 570* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 571
71092d70 572* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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574* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
575 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
576 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
577
f38afcd0 578* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
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581 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
582
71092d70 583* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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586 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
587 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
588 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
589 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
590 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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592* add support for /bin/mount -s
593
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594* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
595
68c7d001 596* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 597 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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598 - enabling dbus services
599 - status update
7a2a0b90 600 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 601 - remote access
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602 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
603 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 604 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 605 - auto-restart
e707c494 606 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 607 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 608 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 609 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 610 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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611 - calendar time events
612 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
613 - how to create your own target
614 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
615 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 616
44143309 617* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 618
71092d70 619* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 620
260abb78 621* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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624
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625* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
626
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627* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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629* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
630
71092d70 631* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 632
50f2a90d 633* io priority during initialization
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636
7ba97195 637* systemd-python:
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639 works with ^C
b04c8c83 640 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 641
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643 - plot per-process IO utilization
644 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
645 - document initcall_debug
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646 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
647
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649 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
650 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
651 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 652
88e4d1d7 653* sd-rtnl:
32216660 654 - add support for exiting containers without reading them fully first
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656
0a4b9a07 657* networkd:
e09826dc 658 - make sure RTM_NEWLINK messages match both the ifname and kind when setting the ifindex of a netdev
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659 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
660 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 661 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 662 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 663 - add IPv4LL tests (inspire by DHCP)
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665 - change LL address generation and make it predictable like get_mac() (link-config.c)
666 - have smooth transition from LL to routable address, without disconnecting clients.
0a4b9a07 667
2f8cd170 668External:
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cc9784c6 670* dbus:
3377af3e 671 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 672 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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675
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676* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
677
9096ad36 678* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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680* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
681 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
682 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
683 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
684 the RTC to sync up.
685
71092d70 686* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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689
690* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
691
692* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
693
694* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
695
696* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
697
d2bbca68 698* fedora: suggest auto-restart on failure, but not on success and not on coredump. also, ask people to think about changing the start limit logic. Also point people to RestartPreventExitStatus=, SuccessExitStatus=
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700* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
701
702* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 703
4641a16b 704* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
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129126f3 706Regularly:
874aa2cc 707
129126f3 708* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 709
129126f3 710* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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712* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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71092d70 716* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 717
4db17f29 718* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 722Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 724* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)