Subject: Allow "/etc/init.d/dnsmasq reload"
Package: dnsmasq
Version: 2.55-2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
According to the man page, dnsmasq listens to SIGHUP and will reload its
configuration files when the signal is received. It is common to enable the
"reload" action in init scripts to send SIGHUP to a daemon; however, the
Debian init script for dnsmasq does not appear to offer this.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages dnsmasq depends on:
ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups
ii dnsmasq-base 2.55-2 A small caching DNS proxy and
DHCP
ii netbase 4.45 Basic TCP/IP networking system
dnsmasq recommends no packages.
Versions of packages dnsmasq suggests:
ii resolvconf 1.48 name server information handler
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/dnsmasq.conf changed [not included]
-- no debconf information
Here's a patch that adds the functionality in question:
--- /etc/init.d/dnsmasq 2010-06-02 21:07:10.000000000 +0200
+++ /etc/init.d/dnsmasq.new 2011-02-11 14:46:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -246,6 +246,16 @@
;;
esac
;;
+ reload)
+ if [ -f /var/run/dnsmasq/$NAME.pid ]; then
+ log_action_begin_msg "Reloading dnsmasq configuration"
+ if kill -HUP `cat /var/run/dnsmasq/$NAME.pid`; then
+ log_action_end_msg 0
+ else
+ log_action_end_msg 1
+ fi
+ fi
+ ;;
status)
log_daemon_msg "Checking $DESC" "$NAME"
status
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