[Bug 1172467] Re: Dnsmasq caches negative results if it starts before the network is up

[Simon Kelley]

On 24/07/13 20:33, Thomas Hood wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> I think we've established that the submitter is having a problem with
> dnsmasq server, not with NetworkManager-controlled dnsmasq. So it would
> be interesting to know if clear-on-reload fixes the submitter's problem.
> (He already said that no-negcache fixes it.)
>
> That clear-on-reload is ignored in the D-Bus case sounds like a distinct
> issue.
>

Agreed, I'll fix that now.

> What about Stéphane's suggestion that dnsmasq treats failure to find a
> name in /etc/hosts as a NXDOMAIN?
>

No name in /etc/hosts and no upstream servers -> NXDOMAIN reply, but no 
state changes: the same query repeated after installing an upstream 
server would result in a query to the upstream server.

Simon.

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