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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
19aadacf 2* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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3 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
4 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
5 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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13* shorten the message to sane length:
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15 Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
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17* systemctl --root=container/ set-default ... is totally borked.
18
f38afcd0 19External:
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f38afcd0 21* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 22 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 23
f38afcd0 24* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 25
f38afcd0 26* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 27
eb124a97 28Features:
154ff088 29
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30* mount /sys/fs/cgroup read-only (but leave the subdirs writable)
31
6a3f892a 32* gpt-auto-generator:
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33 - Support LUKS for root devices
34 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 35 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 36
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37* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
38 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
39 don't have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
40 the most common operations.
41
726a6e96 42* support transient mount units
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44* Imply DevicePolicy=closed when PrivateDevices= is used
45
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46* add an "input" group to udev logic and add all input devices to it
47
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48* libsystemd-login: implement getpeer_unit(), get_peer_slice(), ...
49
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50* machined: provide calls GetMachineByAddress() on the manager
51 interface to get the machine for a local IP address, and
52 GetAddress() on the Machine interface to get the Address for a
53 machine. Implement via forking off child process which quickly joins
54 the cotnainer and passes data to parent. Show this in "machinectl
55 status", and use it to implement NSS module to provide automatic
56 name resolution for containers.
57
58* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
59 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
60 when it is otherwise off
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62* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
63
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64* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
65 /proc/$PID/exe
66
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67* systemctl (and possibly related tools): support a new switch that
68 allows enumerating units in local containers recursively. "systemctl
69 list-units -R" or so should not only lists on the host, but also the
70 services in all containers in a pretty way, to give an overview of
71 the entire system. Also, maybe add "systemctl list-machines" which
72 works like "machinectl list" but includes information about the
73 health status of each registered machine. For that we should
74 probably implement something that encodes the system health status
75 in a single enum state, i.e. something like a system-wide state
76 starting → running → failed → stopping, that is based on the current
77 job queue and a check for failed services. Maybe then change
78 "systemctl status" without args to output this state along with a
79 selection of other data, such as the uptime or so.
80
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81* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
82 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
83 for ReusePort=
84
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85* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
86 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
87 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
88 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
89 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
90
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91* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
92
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93* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
94 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
95 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
96 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
97 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
98 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
99
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100* completions:
101 - busctl zsh completion is outdated
102 - systemd-nspawn -Z/-L/-q is missing for zsh
ef417cfd 103 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 104
f38afcd0 105* cgroups:
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106 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
107 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
108 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
109 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
110 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
111 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
112 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 113
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114* transient units:
115 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
116 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
117 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 118
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119* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
120
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121* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
122
f38afcd0 123* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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125* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
126
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127* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
128
94676f3e 129* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 130
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131* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
132
af1082b0 133* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
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135* 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
136
7f79cd71 137* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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139* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
140 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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141 path anyway.
142
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143* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
144
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145* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
146 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 147 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 148
6aaa8c2f 149* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 150
e1b7e7ec 151* make sure gdm doesn't use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 152
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153* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
154
155* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
156
9444b1f2 157* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 158 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 159 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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160 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
161 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 162
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163* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
164 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
165
6bb648a1 166* sd-bus:
eb01ba5d 167 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
86312ab8 168 - implement monitor logic
f38afcd0 169 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 170 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
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171 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
172 - upload minimal kdbus policy into the kernel at boot
80caea6c 173 - 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 174 - longer term: priority inheritance
452de75e 175 - check sender of response messages
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176 - dbus spec updates:
177 - kdbus mapping
178 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
179 - GVariant
bee7e928 180 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 181 - path escaping
00586799 182 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
6a8b5fa4 183 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
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184 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
185 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
69727e6d 186 - test bloom filter generation indexes
2fcb3af6 187 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
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188 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
189 - constructors for bus messages should probably not be OK with a NULL bus pointer
756461fd 190 - .busname units should not use get_user_creds()/get_cgroup_creds() but instead do NSS only in temporarily forked off child
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192* sd-event
12179984 193 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 194
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195* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
196 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
197 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
198
69af4503 199* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 200
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201* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
202 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
203
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204* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
205
206* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
207
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208* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
209
210* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
211
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212* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
213
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214* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
215
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216* test/:
217 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
218 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 219
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220* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
221
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222* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
223 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
224 file.
225
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226* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
227 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
228 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
229 destination.
230
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231* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
232 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
233
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234* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
235
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236* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
237 need manual exponential loops after all
238
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239* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
240 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
241 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
242 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
243
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244* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
245 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
246 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
247 that automatically.
248
e5ec62c5 249* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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251* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
252
54c31a79 253* 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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255* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
256
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257* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
258
259* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
260
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261* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
262
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263* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
264
356ce991 265* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 266
81d112a8 267* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 268
b44be3ec 269* EFI:
b44be3ec 270 - write man page for efi boot generator
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271 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
272 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 273 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 274
c0fe5db5 275* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 276
b44be3ec 277* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 278
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279* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
280 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 282* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 283
b44be3ec 284* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 285
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286* logind:
287 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
288 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
289 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
290 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
291 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
b44be3ec 292 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
e5ec62c5 293 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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294 - when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
295 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
296 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
297 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
298 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
299 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
300 needs setuid().
e673ad04 301
b44be3ec 302* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 303
b44be3ec 304* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 305
b44be3ec 306* journal:
c06bf414 307 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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308 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
309 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
310 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
311 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
312 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
313 - journal: reuse XZ context
314 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
315 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
316 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
317 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
318 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
319 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
320 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 321 - 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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322 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
323 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 324 - 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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325 - 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.
326 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
327 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 328 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 329 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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330 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
331 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
332 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
333 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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334 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
335 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 336 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 337 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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338 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
339 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
340 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
341 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
342 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
343 to syslog when it works again.
344 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
345 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
346 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
347 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
348 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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350* document:
8b8f2591 351 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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352 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
353 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 354 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 355 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 356 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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357 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
358 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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359 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
360 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
361 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
362 - man: add more examples to man pages
363 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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365* systemctl:
366 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
367 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
368 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
369 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
370 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
371 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
372 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
373 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
374 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
375 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
376 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
377 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
378 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 379 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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380 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
381 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
8b8f2591 382 - in systemctl list-timers show time triggering units ran last
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384* unit install:
385 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
386 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
387 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
388 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
389 unit however should remove them all).
390 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
391 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 392
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393* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
394
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395* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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397* timer units:
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398 - timer events with system resume
399 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
400 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
401 o DST changes
eb124a97 402 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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403 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
404 - 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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405 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
406 - anacron-like feature
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408* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
409
410* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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411 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
412 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 413 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 414 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 415 user did not request anything like it.
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417* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
418 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
419 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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420 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
421 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
422 better supported alternative.
e707c494 423
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424* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
425
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426* 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().
427
428* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
429* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
430* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 432* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
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434* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
435
b44be3ec 436* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 437
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438* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
439 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
440 - superset of tmpfiles model
441 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
442 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
443 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
444
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445* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
446 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 447
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448* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
449
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450* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
451
b44be3ec 452* nspawn:
b44be3ec 453 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
b44be3ec 454 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9e281251 455 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters
9cb74bcb 456 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 457 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
af1082b0 458 - maybe: hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
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459 - generate predictable mac addresses for the netdev we create (host0), maybe based on guest's machine
460 name and machine-id of host (?)
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462* cryptsetup:
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463 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
464 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
465 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 466 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 467
424a19f8 468* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 469 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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471* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
472
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473* make timer units go away after they elapsed
474
8556879e 475* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 476 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 477
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478* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
479
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480* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
481
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482* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
483
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484* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
485
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486* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
487
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488* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
489
68f16003 490* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 491
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492* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
493
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494* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
495 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
496 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
497 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 498 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 499 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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501* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
502
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503* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
504
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505* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
506
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507* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
508
88a6c589 509* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 510
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511* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
512 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
513
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514* introduce Type=pid-file
515
59cea26a 516* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 517
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518* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
519
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520* automount: implement expire:
521 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
522 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
523 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
524 - blocking, needs a thread
525 - run until -EAGAIN
526 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
527 - call umount
528 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
529 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 530
e01a15b7 531* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 532
abd55b16 533* udev:
3f60bcb5 534 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 535 - move to LGPL
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536 - kill scsi_id
537 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 538 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 539
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540* 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
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542* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
543
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544* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
545
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546* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
547
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548* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
549
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550* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
551
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552* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
553
554* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
555
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556* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
557
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558* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
559 needs to be auto-respawned?
560
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561* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
562
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563* tmpfiles:
564 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
565 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 566
b44be3ec 567* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 568
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570
d3c7d7dd 571* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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573* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
574 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
575
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576* move PAM code into its own binary
577
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578* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
579 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
580
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581* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
582
7c697168 583* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 584
71092d70 585* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 586
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587* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
588 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
589 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
590
f38afcd0 591* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
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593* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
594 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
595
71092d70 596* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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598* readahead:
599 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
600 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
601 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
602 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
603 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 604
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605* add support for /bin/mount -s
606
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607* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
608
68c7d001 609* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 610 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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611 - enabling dbus services
612 - status update
7a2a0b90 613 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 614 - remote access
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615 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
616 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 617 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 618 - auto-restart
e707c494 619 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 620 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 621 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 622 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 623 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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624 - calendar time events
625 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
626 - how to create your own target
627 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
628 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 629
44143309 630* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 631
71092d70 632* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 633
260abb78 634* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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636* Support --test based on current system state
637
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638* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
639
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640* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
641
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642* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
643
71092d70 644* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 645
50f2a90d 646* io priority during initialization
8fe914ec 647
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649
7ba97195 650* systemd-python:
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652 works with ^C
b04c8c83 653 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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655* bootchart:
656 - plot per-process IO utilization
657 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
658 - document initcall_debug
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659 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
660
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661* udev-link-config:
662 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
663 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
664 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 665
88e4d1d7 666* sd-rtnl:
32216660 667 - add support for exiting containers without reading them fully first
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668 - add support for more attribute types
669
0a4b9a07 670* networkd:
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671 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
672 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 673 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 674 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 675 - add IPv4LL tests (inspire by DHCP)
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676 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
677 - change LL address generation and make it predictable like get_mac() (link-config.c)
678 - have smooth transition from LL to routable address, without disconnecting clients.
0a4b9a07 679
2f8cd170 680External:
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cc9784c6 682* dbus:
3377af3e 683 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 684 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 685
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686* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
687
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688* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
689
9096ad36 690* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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692* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
693 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
694 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
695 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
696 the RTC to sync up.
697
71092d70 698* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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701
702* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
703
704* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
705
706* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
707
708* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
709
d2bbca68 710* 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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712* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
713
714* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 715
4641a16b 716* 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 718Regularly:
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129126f3 720* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 721
129126f3 722* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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724* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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71092d70 728* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 729
4db17f29 730* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 734Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 736* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)