Comment 8 for bug 1172467
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| Simon Kelley (simon-thekelleys) wrote Re: [Bug 1172467] Re: Dnsmasq caches negative results if it starts before the network is up | #8 |
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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-
> 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.