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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* sort-out libudev's is_initialized logic for:
3 - enumerate devices:
4 - is_initialized is true if a database exists
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5 - in-container devices:
6 - is_initialized is always false, because there is no database
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19aadacf 8* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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9 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
10 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
11 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
12
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13* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
14 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
15 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
16
a40593a0 17* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 18
19aadacf 19* When we detect invalid UTF-8, we cannot use it in an error message:
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20 log...("Path is not UTF-8 clean, ignoring assignment: %s", rvalue);
21
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22* shorten the message to sane length:
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24 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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f38afcd0 26External:
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f38afcd0 28* ps should gain colums for slice
81d112a8 29
f38afcd0 30* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 31 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 32
f38afcd0 33* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 34
f38afcd0 35* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
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eb124a97 37Features:
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39* libsystemd-journal returns the object created as first param in sd_journal_new(), sd_bus_new() and suchlike as last...
40
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41* cgroups:
42 - implement system-wide DefaultCPUAccounting=1 switch (and similar for blockio, memory?)
43 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
44 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
45 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
46 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
47 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
48 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
49 the hierarchies of child processes
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51* transient units:
52 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
53 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
54 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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56* code cleanup
57 - get rid of readdir_r/dirent_storage stuff, it's unnecessary on Linux
58 - we probably should replace the left-over uses of strv_append() and replace them by strv_push() or strv_extend()
2e41a51e 59
08cd1552 60* switch to SipHash for hashmaps/sets?
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62* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
63
64* move libasyncns into systemd as libsystemd-asyncns
65
f38afcd0 66* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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68* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
69
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70* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
71
94676f3e 72* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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74* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
75
f38afcd0 76* socket-proxyd:Use a nonblocking alternative to getaddrinfo
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78* 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
79
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80* Add a new Distribute=$NUMBER key to socket units that makes use of SO_REUSEPORT to distribute network traffic on $NUMBER instances
81
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82* move config_parse_path_strv() out of conf-parser.c
83
7f79cd71 84* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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86* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
87 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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88 path anyway.
89
19aadacf 90* When a Type=forking service fails and needed another service, that
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91 service is not cleaned up again when it has StopWhenUnneeded=yes
92 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2013-July/012141.html
93
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94* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
95
19aadacf 96* given that logind/machined now let PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
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97 probably reduce the capability set they retain substantially.
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6aaa8c2f 99* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 100
e1b7e7ec 101* make sure gdm doesn't use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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103* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
104
105* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
106
9444b1f2 107* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 108 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 109 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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110 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
111 check for that and suppress event handling.
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113* document logic of auto/noauto and fail/nofail in fstab in systemd.mount or systemd-fstab-generator man page
114
19aadacf 115* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
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117* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
118 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
119
eb01ba5d 120* libsystemd-bus:
eb01ba5d 121 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
eb01ba5d 122 - implement translator service
86312ab8 123 - implement monitor logic
07459db6 124 - properly map matches with well-known names against messages with unique names
f38afcd0 125 - when triggering property change events, allow a NULL strv indicate that all properties listed as such are send out as changed
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126 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
127 - support "const" properties as flag
128 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
129 - SD_BUS_COMMENT() macro for inclusion in vtables, syntax inspired by gdbus
0e7be129 130 - sort out error codes for sd_bus_release_name(), distuingish: successful removal from foreign name, from non-existing name
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131 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
132 - kdbus: we need a way to distuingish messages we got due to monitoring from normal messages, since we want to bind methods only to the latter
01390ca8 133 - kdbus: when we do "systemctl daemon-reexec" the call doesn't get properly cancelled
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134 - longer term:
135 * priority queues
136 * priority inheritance
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138* sd-event
12179984 139 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
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141* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
142 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
143 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
144
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145* Introduce a way how we can kill the main process of a service with KillSignal, but all processes with SIGKILL later on
146 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952634
147
69af4503 148* maybe add a warning to the unit file parses where the access mode of unit files is nonsensical.
19aa7c4f 149
69af4503 150* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 151
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152* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
153 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
154
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155* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
156
157* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
158
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159* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
160
161* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
162
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163* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
164
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165* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
166
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167* test/:
168 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
169 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 170
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171* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
172
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173* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
174 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
175 file.
176
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177* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
178 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
179 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
180 destination.
181
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182* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
183 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
184
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185* add ConditionArchitecture= or so
186
187* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
188
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189* Support SO_REUSEPORT with socket activation:
190 - Let systemd maintain a pool of servers.
191 - Use for seamless upgrades, by running the new server before stopping the
192 old.
193
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194* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
195 need manual exponential loops after all
196
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197* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
198 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
199 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
200 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
201
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202* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
203 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
204 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
205 that automatically.
206
e5ec62c5 207* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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209* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
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54c31a79 211* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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213* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
214
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215* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
216
217* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
218
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219* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
220
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221* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
222
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223* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
224 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
225 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
226 will be activated.
227
356ce991 228* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 229
81d112a8 230* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 231
b44be3ec 232* EFI:
b44be3ec 233 - write man page for efi boot generator
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234 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
235 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 236 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 237
c0fe5db5 238* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 239
b44be3ec 240* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 241
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242* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
243 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 245* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 246
b44be3ec 247* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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249* logind:
250 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
251 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
252 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
253 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
254 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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255 - logind: non-local X11 server handling
256 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
b44be3ec 257 - pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
e5ec62c5 258 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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259 - when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
260 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
261 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
262 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
263 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
264 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
265 needs setuid().
e673ad04 266
b44be3ec 267* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 268
b44be3ec 269* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 270
b44be3ec 271* journal:
c06bf414 272 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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273 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
274 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
275 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
276 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
277 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
278 - journal: reuse XZ context
279 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
280 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
281 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
282 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
283 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
284 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
285 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 286 - 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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287 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
288 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 289 - 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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290 - 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.
291 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
292 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 293 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 294 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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295 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
296 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
297 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
298 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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299 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
300 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 301 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
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302 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
303 - journalctl: support -M to read journal of containers and determine journal directory from root directory of container
304 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
305 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
306 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
307 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
308 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
309 to syslog when it works again.
310 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
311 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
312 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
313 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
314 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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316* document:
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317 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fileds in
318 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
319 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
320 - Document word splitting syntax for ExecStart= and friends
321 - document that units from /etc override those from /usr and /run
322 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 323 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 324 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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325 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
326 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
327 - man: remove .include documentation, and instead push people to use .d/*.conf
328 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
329 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
330 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
331 - man: add more examples to man pages
332 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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334* systemctl:
335 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
336 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
337 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
338 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
339 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
340 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
341 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
342 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
343 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
344 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
345 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
346 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
347 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 348 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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349 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
350 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
351 - in systemctl list-timers show time trggering units ran last
352
353* unit install:
354 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
355 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
356 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
357 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
358 unit however should remove them all).
359 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
360 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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362* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
363
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364* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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366* timer units:
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367 - timer events with system resume
368 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
369 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
370 o DST changes
eb124a97 371 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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372 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
373 - 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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374 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
375 - anacron-like feature
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377* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
378
379* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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380 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
381 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 382 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 383 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 384 user did not request anything like it.
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386* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
387 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
388 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
9ec82de1 389
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390* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
391 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
392 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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393 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
394 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
395 better supported alternative.
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397* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
398
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399* 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().
400
401* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
402* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
403* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 405* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
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407* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
408
b44be3ec 409* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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411* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
412 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
413 - superset of tmpfiles model
414 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
415 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
416 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
417
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418* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
419 waiting for the timeout
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421* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
422
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423* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
424
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425* nspawn:
426 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with su, so that NSS resolving works correctly
427 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
428 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
429 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
430 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
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432 lxc.network.type=phys mode, and pass through entire network
433 interfaces to the container
eb124a97 434 - nspawn: maybe explicitly reset loginuid?
3679d112 435 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
9cb74bcb 436 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
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437 - add an option to nspawn that uses seccomp to make socket(AF_NETLINK,
438 SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_AUDIT) fail the the appropriate error code that
439 makes the audit userspace to think auditing is not available in the
440 kernel.
a56b63f4 441 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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443* cryptsetup:
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444 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
445 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
446 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 447 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 448
424a19f8 449* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 450 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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452* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
453
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454* make timer units go away after they elapsed
455
8556879e 456* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 457 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 458
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459* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
460
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461* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
462
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463* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
464
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465* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
466
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467* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
468
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469* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
470
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471* shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container
472
68f16003 473* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 474
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475* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
476
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477* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
478 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
479 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
480 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 481 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 482 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 483
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484* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
485
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486* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
487
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488* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
489
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490* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
491
88a6c589 492* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 493
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494* syscall filter:
495 - syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
496 - syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
497 - syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
498 - syscall filter: port to libseccomp
499 - system-wide seccomp filter
c66d36e5 500
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501* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
502 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
503
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504* introduce Type=pid-file
505
59cea26a 506* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 507
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508* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
509
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510* automount: implement expire:
511 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
512 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
513 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
514 - blocking, needs a thread
515 - run until -EAGAIN
516 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
517 - call umount
518 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
519 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 520
e01a15b7 521* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 522
abd55b16 523* udev:
3f60bcb5 524 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 525 - move to LGPL
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526 - kill scsi_id
527 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 528
18b754d3 529* cleanup syslog 'priority' vs. 'level' wording
068665b6 530
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531* 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
532
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533* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
534
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535* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
536
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537* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
538
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539* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
540
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541* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
542
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543* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
544
545* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
546
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547* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
548
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549* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
550 needs to be auto-respawned?
551
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552* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
553
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554* tmpfiles:
555 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
556 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 557
b44be3ec 558* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 559
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560* hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
561
d3c7d7dd 562* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 563
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564* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
565 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
566
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567* move PAM code into its own binary
568
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569* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
570 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
571
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572* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
573
7c697168 574* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 575
71092d70 576* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 577
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578* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
579 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
580 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
581
f38afcd0 582* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
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584* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
585 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
586
71092d70 587* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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589* readahead:
590 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
591 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
592 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
593 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
594 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 595
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596* add support for /bin/mount -s
597
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598* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
599
68c7d001 600* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 601 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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602 - enabling dbus services
603 - status update
7a2a0b90 604 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 605 - remote access
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606 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
607 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 608 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 609 - auto-restart
e707c494 610 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 611 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 612 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 613 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 614 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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615 - calendar time events
616 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
617 - how to create your own target
618 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
619 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 620
44143309 621* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 622
71092d70 623* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 624
260abb78 625* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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627* Support --test based on current system state
628
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629* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
630
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633* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
634
129126f3 635* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
a625ac1a 636 - postfix, saslauthd
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637 - apache/samba
638 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
639 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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640 - distccd
641
71092d70 642* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 643
50f2a90d 644* io priority during initialization
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647
7ba97195 648* systemd-python:
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650 works with ^C
b04c8c83 651 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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653* bootchart:
654 - plot per-process IO utilization
655 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
656 - document initcall_debug
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657 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
658
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659* udev-link-config:
660 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
661 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
662 on Path= matching
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663 - Check if Driver= is broken, or just my driver (bcma)
664
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665* sd-rtnl:
666 - replace sd_rtnl_message_append() by type-safe versions
667 - improve container support, and add support for entering containers when reading
668 - add support for more attribute types
669
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670* networkd:
671 - unify and clarify logging, also use proper structured log messages
672 - add [Route] sections
673 - add more keys to [Address] sections
674 - add DHCPv4 support (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
675 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
676
2f8cd170 677External:
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cc9784c6 679* dbus:
3377af3e 680 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 681 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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683* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
684
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685* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
686
9096ad36 687* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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689* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
690 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
691 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
692 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
693 the RTC to sync up.
694
71092d70 695* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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697* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
698
699* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
700
701* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
702
703* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
704
705* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
706
d2bbca68 707* 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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709* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
710
711* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 712
4641a16b 713* 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 715Regularly:
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129126f3 717* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 718
129126f3 719* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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721* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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71092d70 725* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 726
4db17f29 727* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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730
9e5f3dbb 731Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 733* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)