> Applications that don't use the libc resolver? Hmm, yes. There are several alternative resolver libraries (adns, firedns, djbdns, ...) and even if we fixed them all so that they could read the extended resolv.conf syntax then statically linked third party binaries would still break.
So having nm-dnsmasq listen on a different port, say 35353, is something that could be done ONLY when another nameserver was listening on 127.0.0.1:53 (and either forwarding to nm-dnsmasq at 127.0.0.1:35353 or not). In the absence of that other nameserver nm-dnsmasq would have to listen on 127.0.0.1:53 itself. That would probably be difficult to implement reliably. So I guess the first drawback I mentioned in comment #83 can't be so easily eliminated. -- 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 starting 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
