Am 25.02.2011 18:58, schrieb Simon Kelley: > On 25/02/11 16:55, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Thanks Jérémy for the followup. >> >> Am 25.02.2011 17:32, schrieb Jérémy Lal: >>> this bug comes from dnsmasq update to 2.57-1 >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/725041 >> >> Simon, I'd like your input on this as dnsmasq maintainer, how this >> should be fixed. >> >> Thanks, >> Michael >> > > It looks like the bug may be longstanding, > > dnsmasq --conf-file filename > > will not read filename, it will read nothing. (It sets the conf-file to > be empty, and the filename argument is superfluous) All that's changed > in 2.57 is that dnsmasq sanity-checks better. > > The correct command line is either > > dnsmasq --conf-file=filename > > or > > dnsmasq -C filename > > Looking at the source code for NetworkManager, the latter makes for an > easier patch.
While looking at the code in NetworkManager [1], I have to note that generating a random, non-existent junk file to circumvent dnsmasq looks rather ugly to me. If we already have to use this trick, couldn't we at least use something like --conf-file=/dev/null or would this not have the desired effect. Is there maybe a nicer way to tell dnsmasq to *not* read the global configuration file? Michael [1] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/tree/src/dnsmasq-manager/nm-dnsmasq-manager.c#n278 -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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