Subject: dnsmasq: Documentation for case of static connection to the 'net and no resolvconf. Package: dnsmasq Version: 2.55-2 Severity: minor Tags: upstream patch
*** Please type your report below this line *** /usr/share/doc/dnsmasq-base/README.Debian mentions these cases. (4) In the absence of resolvconf, if you are using dhcpcd ... (5) In the absence of resolvconf, if you are using pppd ... Another important case is this. (5.5) In the absence of resolvconf, if you have a static connection to the Internet you may have nameserver addresses in /etc/network/interfaces. dnsmasq does not acquire these addresses. Namerserver addresses should be specified on the command line with the --server option or in /etc/dnsmasq.conf with the server option. A similar circumstance must prevail in systems other than Debian. Seems that the FAQs relating to nameservers can be incorporated into man dnsmasq. Regards, ... Peter E. peasthope at shaw dot ca -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dnsmasq depends on: ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups ii dnsmasq-base 2.55-2+b1 A small caching DNS proxy and DHCP ii netbase 4.43 Basic TCP/IP networking system dnsmasq recommends no packages. Versions of packages dnsmasq suggests: pn resolvconf <none> (no description available) -- Configuration Files: /etc/dnsmasq.conf changed [not included] -- no debconf information -- http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ http://carnot.yi.org/ = http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
