Looking at the discussion this appears to be by design, so I propose we
keep it as Wishlist at that point.
** Changed in: dnsmasq (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Wishlist
** Changed in: dnsmasq (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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dnsmasq exits using --interface if the interface does
Emmet Hikory wrote:
Actually, I filed this bug more as a result of the comments in the
libvirt code, which indicate that at least one user of dnsmasq found it
unable to accomplish an operation that seemed to make sense based on the
documentation with a particular corner-case configuration.
From a brief look at the code, it appears that the relevant section is
in src/dnsmasq.c : 169-189. In this mode, if unable to access an
interface because it doesn't exist, dnsmasq should poll the interface
for a configurable timeout to see if it becomes available before
quitting. As there may be
Emmet Hikory wrote:
From a brief look at the code, it appears that the relevant section is
in src/dnsmasq.c : 169-189. In this mode, if unable to access an
interface because it doesn't exist, dnsmasq should poll the interface
for a configurable timeout to see if it becomes available before
Something else that's required: we need to stop a libvirt-started
dnsmasq from picking up configuration left around by a removed system
dnsmasq, so the start-dnsmasq pseudo-code in libvirt becomes.
echo dhcp-range=interface:virt0,ip range /etc/dnsmasq.d/libvirtf
if system dnsmasq is not
Actually, I filed this bug more as a result of the comments in the
libvirt code, which indicate that at least one user of dnsmasq found it
unable to accomplish an operation that seemed to make sense based on the
documentation with a particular corner-case configuration.
I consider it
