Comment 6 for bug 1501189

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Simon Kelley (simon-thekelleys) wrote : Re: [Bug 1501189] Re: DNS breaks when port=0 is used in dnsmasq.conf

On 06/10/15 11:08, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote:
> Hi Robie,
>
> while this also happens in Debian, the use case is more common in Ubuntu, because NetworkManager is patched to use a spawned dnsmasq instance as a local resolver, and mixing the two DNS servers is problematic (neither bind-dynamic nor bind-interfaces work very well).
> In Debian they more frequently use the normal dnsmasq/DNS service as it was designed, because NM doesn't spawn a local resolver there.
>
> For upstream report, Simon (the upstream dnsmasq developer and Debian
> maintainer) already answered here, Simon would you like me to file a
> debian bug as well? It's easy to work around this issue, so we can even
> close it with won't fix if you prefer.
>
> Thank you.
>

No need to file a Debian bug, whatever fix goes in will go into upstream
and Debian anyway.

Cheers,

Simon.