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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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5 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
6 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
7 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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9* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
10 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
11 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
12
a40593a0 13* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 14
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15* shorten the message to sane length:
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17 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.
18
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19* systemctl --root=container/ set-default ... is totally borked.
20
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21* sd_bus_unref() is broken regarding self-references and "pseudo thread-safety".
22 See the comment in sd_bus_unref() for more..
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f38afcd0 24External:
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f38afcd0 26* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 27 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 28
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 30
f38afcd0 31* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 32
eb124a97 33Features:
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35* add "M" as recursive version of "m" to tmpfiles, then use it for
36 chowning /run/log/journal (but not /var/log/journal), so that we
37 adjust the perms of journal files created before tmpfiles ran.
38
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39* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
40
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41* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
42
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43* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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45* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
46
6a3f892a 47* gpt-auto-generator:
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48 - Support LUKS for root devices
49 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 50 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 51
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52* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
53 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
54 don't have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
55 the most common operations.
56
726a6e96 57* support transient mount units
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59* add an "input" group to udev logic and add all input devices to it
60
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61* machined: provide calls GetMachineByAddress() on the manager
62 interface to get the machine for a local IP address, and
63 GetAddress() on the Machine interface to get the Address for a
64 machine. Implement via forking off child process which quickly joins
65 the cotnainer and passes data to parent. Show this in "machinectl
66 status", and use it to implement NSS module to provide automatic
67 name resolution for containers.
68
69* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
70 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
71 when it is otherwise off
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73* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
74
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75* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
76 /proc/$PID/exe
77
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78* systemctl: support --recursive for list-sockets, list-timers,
79 ... too, not just for list-units.
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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
ef417cfd 100* completions:
ef417cfd 101 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
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f38afcd0 103* cgroups:
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104 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
105 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
106 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
107 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
108 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
109 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
110 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 111
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112* transient units:
113 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
114 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
115 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 116
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117* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
118
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119* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
120
f38afcd0 121* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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123* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
124
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125* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
126
94676f3e 127* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 128
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129* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
130
af1082b0 131* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
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133* 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
134
7f79cd71 135* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 136
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137* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
138 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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139 path anyway.
140
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141* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
142
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143* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
144 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 145 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 146
6aaa8c2f 147* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 148
e1b7e7ec 149* 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 150
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151* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
152
153* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
154
9444b1f2 155* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 156 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 157 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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158 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
159 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 160
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161* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
162 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
163
6bb648a1 164* sd-bus:
eb01ba5d 165 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
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166 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
167 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
168 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
169 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
170 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
171 - constructors for bus messages should probably not be OK with a NULL bus pointer
172 - .busname units should not use get_user_creds()/get_cgroup_creds() but instead do NSS only in temporarily forked off child
f38afcd0 173 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 174 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
80caea6c 175 - 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 176 - longer term: priority inheritance
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177 - dbus spec updates:
178 - kdbus mapping
179 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
180 - GVariant
bee7e928 181 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 182 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 183 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 184 - test bloom filter generation indexes
0f3e07b7 185 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
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187* sd-event
12179984 188 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 189
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190* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
191 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
192 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
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69af4503 194* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 195
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196* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
197 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
198
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199* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
200
201* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
202
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203* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
204
205* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
206
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207* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
208
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209* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
210
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211* test/:
212 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
213 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 214
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215* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
216
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217* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
218 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
219 file.
220
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221* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
222 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
223 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
224 destination.
225
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226* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
227 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
228
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229* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
230
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231* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
232 need manual exponential loops after all
233
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234* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
235 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
236 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
237 is installed.
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239* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
240 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
241 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
242 that automatically.
243
e5ec62c5 244* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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246* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
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54c31a79 248* 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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250* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
251
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252* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
253
254* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
255
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256* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
257
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258* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
259
356ce991 260* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 261
81d112a8 262* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 263
b44be3ec 264* EFI:
b44be3ec 265 - write man page for efi boot generator
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266 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
267 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 268 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 269
c0fe5db5 270* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 271
b44be3ec 272* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 273
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274* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
275 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 277* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 278
b44be3ec 279* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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281* logind:
282 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
283 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
284 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
285 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
286 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 287 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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288 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
289 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
290 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
291 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
292 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
293 needs setuid().
e673ad04 294
b44be3ec 295* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 296
b44be3ec 297* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 298
b44be3ec 299* journal:
c06bf414 300 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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301 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
302 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
303 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
304 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
305 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
306 - journal: reuse XZ context
307 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
308 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
309 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
310 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
311 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
312 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
313 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 314 - 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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315 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
316 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 317 - 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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318 - 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.
319 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
320 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 321 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 322 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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323 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
324 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
325 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
326 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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327 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
328 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 329 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 330 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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331 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
332 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
333 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
334 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
335 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
336 to syslog when it works again.
337 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
338 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
339 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
340 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
341 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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343* document:
8b8f2591 344 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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345 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
346 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 347 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 348 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 349 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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350 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
351 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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352 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
353 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
354 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
355 - man: add more examples to man pages
356 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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358* systemctl:
359 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
360 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
361 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
362 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
363 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
364 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
365 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
366 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
367 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
368 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
369 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
370 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
371 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 372 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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373 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
374 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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376* unit install:
377 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
378 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
379 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
380 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
381 unit however should remove them all).
382 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
383 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 384
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385* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
386
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387* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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389* timer units:
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390 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
391 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
392 o DST changes
eb124a97 393 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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394 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
395 - 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
90e071d1 396 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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398* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
399
400* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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401 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
402 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 403 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 404 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 405 user did not request anything like it.
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407* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
408 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
409 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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410 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
411 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
412 better supported alternative.
e707c494 413
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414* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
415
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416* 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().
417
418* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
419* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
420* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 422* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
6d0274f1 423
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424* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
425
b44be3ec 426* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 427
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428* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
429 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
430 - superset of tmpfiles model
431 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
432 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
433 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
434
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435* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
436 waiting for the timeout
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438* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
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440* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
441
b44be3ec 442* nspawn:
b44be3ec 443 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
b44be3ec 444 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9e281251 445 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters
9cb74bcb 446 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 447 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
af1082b0 448 - maybe: hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
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449 - generate predictable mac addresses for the netdev we create (host0), maybe based on guest's machine
450 name and machine-id of host (?)
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452* cryptsetup:
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453 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
454 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
455 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 456 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 457
424a19f8 458* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 459 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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461* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
462
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463* make timer units go away after they elapsed
464
8556879e 465* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 466 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 467
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468* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
469
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470* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
471
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472* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
473
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474* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
475
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476* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
477
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478* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
479
68f16003 480* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 481
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482* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
483
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484* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
485 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
486 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
487 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 488 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 489 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 490
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491* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
492
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493* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
494
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495* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
496
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497* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
498
88a6c589 499* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 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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527 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 528 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 529
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530* 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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532* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
533
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534* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
535
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536* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
537
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538* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
539
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540* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
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542* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
543
544* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
545
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546* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
547
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548* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
549 needs to be auto-respawned?
550
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551* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
552
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553* tmpfiles:
554 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
555 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 556
b44be3ec 557* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 558
7f8aa671 559* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 560
d3c7d7dd 561* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 562
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563* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
564 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
565
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567
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568* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
569 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
570
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571* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
572
7c697168 573* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 574
71092d70 575* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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578 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
579 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
580
f38afcd0 581* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
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584 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
585
71092d70 586* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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589 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
590 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
591 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
592 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
593 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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595* add support for /bin/mount -s
596
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597* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
598
68c7d001 599* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 600 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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601 - enabling dbus services
602 - status update
7a2a0b90 603 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 604 - remote access
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605 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
606 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 607 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 608 - auto-restart
e707c494 609 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 610 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 611 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 612 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 613 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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614 - calendar time events
615 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
616 - how to create your own target
617 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
618 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 620* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 621
71092d70 622* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 623
260abb78 624* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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626* Support --test based on current system state
627
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628* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
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630* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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632* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
633
71092d70 634* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 635
50f2a90d 636* io priority during initialization
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7ba97195 640* systemd-python:
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642 works with ^C
b04c8c83 643 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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645* bootchart:
646 - plot per-process IO utilization
647 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
648 - document initcall_debug
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649 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
650
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651* udev-link-config:
652 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
653 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
654 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 655
88e4d1d7 656* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 657 - add support for more attribute types
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658 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
659 - add support for multi-part messages (simply call the same callback repeatedly?)
88e4d1d7 660
0a4b9a07 661* networkd:
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662 - change from udev to rtnl being the main events we listen to devices on, udev will then simply
663 be used for synchronization
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664 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
665 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 666 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 667 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 668 - add IPv4LL tests (inspire by DHCP)
5c1d3fc9 669 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
0a4b9a07 670
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672 - make sure ipv4ll and dhcp clients can handle changing mac addresses while running
673
2f8cd170 674External:
74fe1fe3 675
cc9784c6 676* dbus:
3377af3e 677 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 678 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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681
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682* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
683
9096ad36 684* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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686* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
687 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
688 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
689 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
690 the RTC to sync up.
691
71092d70 692* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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695
696* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
697
698* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
699
700* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
701
702* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
703
d2bbca68 704* 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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706* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
707
708* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 709
4641a16b 710* 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 714Regularly:
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129126f3 716* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 717
129126f3 718* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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720* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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71092d70 724* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 725
4db17f29 726* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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729
9e5f3dbb 730Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 732* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)