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. > > I consider it wishlist at best, and perhaps won'tfix. Addressing > this is completely unnecessary to either allow libvirt and dnsmasq to > interoperate or to permit users to use ad-hoc interfaces. It's also not > necessarily the best way to address the case where someone wants to do > both things at once (there being several other ways to do that well). > It only exists to document either a decision that dnsmasq specifically > doesn't support using --interface and --bind-interface in combination > with an ad-hoc interface *or* that when used in this combination there > is a potential for a race condition. > > Although this issue was initially raised in bug #231060, it's > irrelevant to my current plan to address that bug, but since I won't be > addressing this race condition in the resolution of that bug, I wanted > to separate this out. >
You're right that this is beyond the scope of the Ubuntu bugs. I've opened negotiations with upstream libvirt development, that's clearly the right path to take here. If it can be arranged that --bind-interfaces is no longer needed, all of the problems fall out. Cheers, Simon. -- dnsmasq exits using --interface if the interface does not exist yet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/526386 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to dnsmasq in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
