* Some thinking about[0][1], if not much coding of[2], a successor to
ifupdown was done in the netconf project[3] led by Debian Developer
martin krafft[4][5].
[0]http://people.debian.org/~madduck/talks/netconf_fosdem_2007.02.25/slides.s5.html
[1]http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/netconf-dev
What lies behind the problem being discussed here is the simple fact
that there exists no single adequate network configuration utility for
GNU/Linux. I am most familiar with Debian. From Debian we inherit
ifupdown which was designed for static configuration. Debian developers
have known for mor
Thomas, that was a very good summary at comment #33!
> Why do you need the dnsmasq package at all? You want NM and dnsmasq.
Why not just use the NM-enslaved dnsmasq?
The NM-enslaved dnsmasq uses hardcoded options (in C) that provide extremely
limited functionality.
* It doesn't listen on ethX (
Hmm, I wasn't very clear. What I meant in my questions above (#34) was
this. If NM+dnsmasq is the best solution for name service for the local
host, isn't it also a better solution than NM-together-with-standalone-
dnsmasq for remote hosts? If so then another solution approach is to
enhance NM s
Alkis: Why do you need the dnsmasq package at all? You want NM and
dnsmasq. Why not just use the NM-enslaved dnsmasq?
If the latter doesn't meet your needs, could it be adapted somehow to
meet your needs?
Assuming that there are good reasons for using NM and standalone
dnsmasq, I'd be inclined
I just re-read the whole discussion and thought it would be useful (for
me, at least) to summarize it.
The original bug report was that NM+dnsmasq and standalone dnsmasq are
incompatible because they have overlapping network socket address
ranges, 0.0.0.0:53 and 127.0.0.1:53.
One solution is for
@Thomas: cool, I hope this one's better.
** Summary changed:
- Don't start local resolver if a DNS server is installed
+ Local resolver prohibits DNS servers from running
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