Merge pull request #14390 from poettering/gpt-var-tmp

introduce GPT partition types for /var and /var/tmp and support them for auto-discovery

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 961767187b..ce37869ce1 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ Janitorial Clean-ups:
 
 Features:
 
+* when dissecting images, warn about unrecognized partition flags
+
+* honour specifiers in unit files that resolve to some very basic
+  /etc/os-release data, such as ID, VERSION_ID, BUILD_ID, VARIANT_ID.
+
 * socket units: allow creating a udev monitor socket with ListenDevices= or so,
   with matches, then actviate app thorugh that passing socket oveer
 
@@ -44,8 +49,6 @@ Features:
   shouldn't operate in a volatile mode unless we got told so from a trusted
   source.
 
-* look for /var/tmp automatically via gpt auto discovery
-
 * figure out automatic partition discovery when combining writable root dir
   with immutable /usr
 
@@ -416,8 +419,6 @@ Features:
   "systemd-gdb" for attaching to the start-up of any system service in its
   natural habitat.
 
-* maybe introduce gpt auto discovery for /var/tmp?
-
 * maybe add gpt-partition-based user management: each user gets his own
   LUKS-encrypted GPT partition with a new GPT type. A small nss module
   enumerates users via udev partition enumeration. UIDs are assigned in a fixed
@@ -427,13 +428,6 @@ Features:
   with stateless/read-only/verity-enabled root. (other idea: do this based on
   loopback files in /home, without GPT involvement)
 
-* gpt-auto logic: introduce support for discovering /var matching an image. For
-  that, use a partition type UUID that is hashed from the OS name (as encoded
-  in /etc/os-release), the architecture, and 4 new bits from the gpt flags
-  field of the root partition. This way can easily support multiple OS
-  installations on the same GPT partition table, without problems with
-  unmatched /var partitions.
-
 * gpt-auto logic: related to the above, maybe support a "secondary" root
   partition, that is mounted to / and is writable, and where the actual root's
   /usr is mounted into.