Control: tags -1 + wontfix On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 10:01:18PM -0500, Matt Corallo wrote: > Package: lxc > Version: 1:4.0.6-1 > > I've been happily using lxc on debian for some time, without dnsmasq-base or > lxc-net. The recent addition of dnsmasq-base and lxc-net as a required > dependency is somewhat surprising, given lxc-net edits IP address > information for lxc-attched bridges which were created outside of lxc-net, > and dnsmasq doubly so given DSA 4844-1 was only a few days ago. Several > commentors on IRC seemed equally surprised by this change. > > Is there more information available for why lxc-net is now an explicit > dependency and not optional or can this change be reverted?
lxc-net has been enabled by default since May 2020, because for most users setting up container networking by hand is a pain in the ass. Now, dnsmasq-base has beem moved from Recomends: to Depends: because if you install lxc without dnsmasq-base, lxc-net, which is now enabled by default, will fail to start and therefore the installation will fail, which is a violation of Debian policy. If you want to set up your own bridge by hand, and configure lxc by hand, that's still possible: just disable the lxc-net service.
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