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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 12
f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 15 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
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f38afcd0 17* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 18
f38afcd0 19* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 20
81429136 21* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
e7b4d43e 22
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23* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
24
81429136 25Features:
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27* libsystemd-network:
28 - I don't think there should be a client side object for dhcp
29 releases (probably not even a directory in /run for it)
7f035ea5 30
9d6db739 31* resolved:
b6b63571 32 - IDN (?)
9d6db739 33 - DNSSEC
49ee032f 34 - LLMNR:
3f77a1b1 35 - do not fail daemon startup if socket is already busy (container)
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36 - process incoming notification of conflict
37 - send notifications of conflict
bc075489 38 - verify new RR uniqueness
49ee032f 39 - detect conflicts
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40 - collect multiple responses
41 - jitter interval support
42 - add SOA record to empty responses
699bd879 43 - watch udev initialization state
9d6db739 44 - mDNS/DNS-SD
9d6db739 45 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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46 - port sd-resolve to direct bus calls
47 - nss module: fallback to glibc dns modules if resolved cannot be contacted
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48 - edns0
49 - dname
b6b63571 50 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 51
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52* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
53 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
54 pull-in the policy.
55
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56* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
57
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58* the resolv.conf tmpfiles line should be covered by ENABLE_NETWORKD...
59
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60* sysusers:
61 - also create entries in /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow
62 - allow setting the home directory of system users
ce4a52a5 63
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64* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
65
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66* order OnCalendar timer units after timer-sync.target if DefaultDependencies=no so that we don't trigger them prematurely
67
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68* refuse mounting on symlinks
69
fed515f0 70* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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72* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
73
a01647e5 74* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 75 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 76 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 77 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 78
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79* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
80
81* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
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83* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
84* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
85
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86* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
87
81429136 88* timesyncd - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
1df52dd2 89
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90* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
91
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92* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
93
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94* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
95
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96* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
97
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98* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
99
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100* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
101 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 102
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103* Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases
104
f598ac3e 105* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
11fb37f1 106
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107* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
108
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109* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
110
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111* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
112
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113* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
114
115* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
116
6a3f892a 117* gpt-auto-generator:
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118 - Support LUKS for root devices
119 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 120 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 121
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122* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
123 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 124 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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125 the most common operations.
126
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127* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
128 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
129 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 130
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131* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
132
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133* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
134 /proc/$PID/exe
135
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136* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
137 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
138 for ReusePort=
139
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140* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
141 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
142 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
143 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
144 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
145
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146* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
147
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148* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
149 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
150 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
151 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
152 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
153 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
154
ef417cfd 155* completions:
ef417cfd 156 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 157
f38afcd0 158* cgroups:
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159 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
160 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
161 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
162 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
163 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
164 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
165 the hierarchies of child processes
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167* transient units:
168 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
169 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
170 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 171
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172* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
173
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174* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
175
f38afcd0 176* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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178* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
179
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180* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
181
94676f3e 182* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 183
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184* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
185
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186* 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
187
7f79cd71 188* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 189
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190* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
191 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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192 path anyway.
193
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194* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
195
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196* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
197 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 198 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 199
6aaa8c2f 200* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 201
d28315e4 202* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 203
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204* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
205
206* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
207
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208* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
209 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
210
6bb648a1 211* sd-bus:
d28315e4 212 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 213 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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214 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
215 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
216 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 217 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 218 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 219 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 220 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 221 - 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 222 - longer term: priority inheritance
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223 - dbus spec updates:
224 - kdbus mapping
225 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
226 - GVariant
bee7e928 227 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 228 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 229 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 230 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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232* sd-event
12179984 233 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
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235* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
236 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
237 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
238
69af4503 239* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 240
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241* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
242 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
243
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244* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
245
246* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
247
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248* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
249
250* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
251
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252* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
253
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254* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
255
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256* test/:
257 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
258 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 259
b5c03638 260* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 261 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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262 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
263 destination.
264
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265* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
266 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
267
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268* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
269
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270* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
271 need manual exponential loops after all
272
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273* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
274 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
275 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
276 is installed.
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278* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
279 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
280 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
281 that automatically.
282
e5ec62c5 283* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 284
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285* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
286
d28315e4 287* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 288
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289* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
290
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291* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
292
293* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
294
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295* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
296
356ce991 297* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 298
81d112a8 299* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 300
b44be3ec 301* EFI:
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302 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
303 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 304 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 305
c0fe5db5 306* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 307
b44be3ec 308* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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310* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
311 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 313* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 314
b44be3ec 315* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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317* logind:
318 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
319 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
320 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
321 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
322 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 323 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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324 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
325 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
326 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
327 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
328 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
329 needs setuid().
e673ad04 330
b44be3ec 331* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 332
b44be3ec 333* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 334
b44be3ec 335* journal:
c06bf414 336 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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337 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
338 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
339 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 340 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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341 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
342 - journal: reuse XZ context
343 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
344 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
345 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
346 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
347 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
348 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
349 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 350 - 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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351 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
352 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 353 - 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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354 - 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.
355 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
356 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 357 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 358 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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359 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
360 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
361 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
362 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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363 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
364 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 365 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 366 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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367 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
368 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
369 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
370 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
371 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
372 to syslog when it works again.
373 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
374 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
375 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 376 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 377 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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379* document:
8b8f2591 380 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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381 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
382 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 383 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 384 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 385 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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386 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
387 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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388 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
389 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
390 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
391 - man: add more examples to man pages
392 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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394* systemctl:
395 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
396 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
397 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
398 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
399 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
400 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
401 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
402 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 403 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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404 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
405 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
406 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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407 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
408 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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410* unit install:
411 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
412 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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413 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
414 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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b44be3ec 416* timer units:
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417 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
418 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
419 o DST changes
eb124a97 420 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 421 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 422 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we will not support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
90e071d1 423 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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425* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
426
427* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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428 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
429 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 430 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 431 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 432 user did not request anything like it.
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434* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
435
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436* 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().
437
438* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 439* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 440* fedup: generator
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442* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
443
b44be3ec 444* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 445
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446* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
447 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 448
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449* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
450
d28315e4 451* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 452
b44be3ec 453* nspawn:
b44be3ec 454 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 455 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 456 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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458* cryptsetup:
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459 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
460 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
461 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 462 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 463
424a19f8 464* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 465 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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467* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
468
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469* make timer units go away after they elapsed
470
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471* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
472
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473* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
474
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475* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
476
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477* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
478
68f16003 479* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 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
d28315e4 483 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 484 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 485 when done. That means clients do not 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
9946996c 498* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 499 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 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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523 - kill scsi_id
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* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
532
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533* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
534
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535* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
536
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537* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
538
539* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
540
70a44afe 541* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 542
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543* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
544 needs to be auto-respawned?
545
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546* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
547
f38afcd0 548* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 549 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 550
d28315e4 551* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 552
7f8aa671 553* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 554
d3c7d7dd 555* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 556
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557* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
558 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
559
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560* move PAM code into its own binary
561
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562* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
563 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
564
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565* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
566
7c697168 567* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 568
71092d70 569* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 570
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571* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
572 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
573 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
574
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575* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
576 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
577
71092d70 578* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 579
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580* readahead:
581 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
582 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
583 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
584 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
585 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 586
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587* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
588
68c7d001 589* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 590 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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591 - enabling dbus services
592 - status update
7a2a0b90 593 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 594 - remote access
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595 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
596 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 597 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 598 - auto-restart
e707c494 599 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 600 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 601 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 602 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 603 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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604 - calendar time events
605 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
606 - how to create your own target
607 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
608 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 609
44143309 610* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 611
260abb78 612* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 613
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614* Support --test based on current system state
615
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616* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
617
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618* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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620* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
621
71092d70 622* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 623
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624* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
625
7ba97195 626* systemd-python:
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628 works with ^C
b04c8c83 629 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 630
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632 - plot per-process IO utilization
633 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
634 - document initcall_debug
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635 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
636
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638 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
639 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
640 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 641 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 642
88e4d1d7 643* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 644 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 645 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 646
0a4b9a07 647* networkd:
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648 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
649 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 650 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 651 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 652 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 653 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
c9467d65 654 - default to DHCP unicast, but make broadcast opt-in. detect devices that needs broadcast and opt-in automatically (needs kernel patch?)
8477107d 655 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 656 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 657 - add support for more bond options
155e8b9a 658
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659* networkd-wait-online:
660 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 661
ac976532 662* dhcp:
424a8732 663 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
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665 - FORCERENEW
99f9dd8d 666 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 667
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668* dhcp6:
669 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
670 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
671 - write more test cases
672 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
673 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
674 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
675 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
676 - implement elapsed time option
677 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
678 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
679 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
680 or interface down
681 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
682 this behavior
683
2f8cd170 684External:
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cc9784c6 686* dbus:
3377af3e 687 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 688 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 689
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690* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
691
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692* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
693
9096ad36 694* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 695
71092d70 696* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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698* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
699
d28315e4 700* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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702* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
703
704* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
705
706* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
707
d2bbca68 708* 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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710* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
711
712* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 713
4641a16b 714* 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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717
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719 does not
720
129126f3 721Regularly:
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129126f3 723* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 724
129126f3 725* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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727* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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730
d28315e4 731* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 732
4db17f29 733* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 737Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 739* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)