-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 10/09/15 20:35, Alexander Kurtz wrote: > Package: dnsmasq Version: 2.75-1 Thanks, I just pushed the fix upstream, it will be in the next release.
Cheers, Simon. > > Hi, > > dnsmasq(8) says ... > > -R, --no-resolv Don't read /etc/resolv.conf. Get upstream servers > only from the command line or the dnsmasq configuration file. > > ... yet dnsmasq still fails to start if /etc/resolv.conf is a > symbolic link pointing to a file in a nonexistent directory: > > # ln --symbolic --force /nonexistent/foobar /etc/resolv.conf # > dnsmasq --conf-file=/dev/null --no-resolv > > dnsmasq: directory /etc/resolv.conf for resolv-file is missing, > cannot poll > > This can be worked around by explicitly specifying the list of > "resolv" -files to be empty: > > # dnsmasq --conf-file=/dev/null --no-resolv --resolv-file= # echo > $? 0 > > This is problematic because when running systemd-resolved it's > recommended to make /etc/resolv.conf a symbolic link to > /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf for compatibility reasons (see > systemd -resolved(8)). Since dnsmasq.service has no dependency or > ordering relation on systemd-resolved.service (which is of course > correct), it's possible for /etc/resolv.conf to be a symbolic link > pointing to a file in a nonexistent directory when dnsmasq starts. > > Best regards > > Alexander Kurtz > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJV8f+wAAoJEBXN2mrhkTWixvsP/1C+iKtjtjwI8QU05yiPYHRK U0mRnFGYm0wlChwgALa8ABYs56/ejoVB+lsCZ5dJeCdpgxg14bZ4wUrPJTkjJl+e 7fSC4jv5sDx1YwEOZk4r0Hc6i9V8CAIXnUwMXk/kTuc5UJ+r8SDSbPh230g5y7XS xpsEtKOpOSodogUwWyGl1SInjFC0NdbZNAUpHCXUhzY3UN8IBHKz6+1lAMMkjK4X hxpN8RxdQbCiNFhbWLixJE8/dYMjnJSOYA1riKDzsoD+clCzYXAK2Mis4Sl0/0Yn Uluobd9ExkQS3Bp5Nz0DkqiNOmmma+U4QCzyUMrGiDvy6LPn97KlNvYeGEnFGLoX M9sZtvFq1q06WPzqiuanj7510X1jgHaFA9a5fxfQbShzxd8oxlBS/lL0kCh04qdC kXQcNkC1beCIejMUQBY7OaVsI8tH3HYlIVBVzAJbj1AGdAtWL/gUpj/Yfwomwvra FnC3iRGqPKZSDxmuBQ01VdkcHmoLdS2llIwPxeahrW7E3NXN5sLCf94ceeHosolg LAOYQSb5OYPK6hd0GYBMOUPx+SCFH7uUCuO6Bca3RmmWcD9ushbdqPodXgX1VNLX TtplvkHU812BKdXRxyqTK93EjjzVE4xitY96dxNMima/JPKPgHRe/Xi2ErzeDvLj umKO3hZSFbe5+z1kMelc =YF0e -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
