On 05/09/15 15:42, Guido Günther wrote: > Package: dnsmasq > Version: 2.72-3+deb8u1 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > it would be awesome if dnsmasq could use inotify in case of > > --addn-hosts=/a/directory/ > > this would allow one to dump new files in there (and modify existing > ones) without reloading dnsmasq. The use case is creating hosts entries > for VMs popping up (and disappearing) on the network. > Cheers, > -- Guido >
The policy in the past has been to re-load /etc/resolv.conf and friends automatically when they change, as systems which re-write resolv.conf tend to assume that's all that needs to happen. For other configuration, (including addn-hosts) sending SIGHUP to the dnsmasq process causes a re-read. This is more conventional, and safer from race conditions, for instance reading a file before it has been completely written. Is there a good reason not to use SIGHUP in this case? Cheers, Simon.
