> * Change NM such that it causes its slave dnsmasq to listen on ::1 instead of 127.0.0.1
Personally, when I install dnsmasq, I *don't want* to use the NM-spawned dnsmasq, because it disables caching etc etc. So it wouldn't matter if it listened on another address, on a socket or wherever else; I wouldn't want it as my default resolver. I still think that the best idea is to make the local resolver a separate package that conflicts with all DNS servers, so that it's automatically uninstalled when one of them gets installed, until the problem is solved within libc. There are a lot of methods for interprocess communication, I'm sure some of them can solve the problem properly. That way all people would benefit, now the solution is only for those using Ubuntu+Network manager+resolvconf. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959037 Title: NM-controlled dnsmasq prevents other DNS servers from running, yet network-manager doesn't Conflict with their packages Status in “djbdns” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “dnsmasq” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: As described in https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-p-dns- resolving, network manager now starts a dnsmasq instance for local DNS resolving. That breaks the default bind9 and dnsmasq installations, for people that actually want to install a DNS server. Having to manually comment out "#dns=dnsmasq" in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf doesn't sound good, and if it stays that way, it should be moved to the bind9 and dnsmasq postinst scripts. Please make network-manager smarter so that it checks if bind9 or dnsmasq are installed, so that it doesn't start the local resolver in that case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/djbdns/+bug/959037/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
