Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 1/6] v6-6: put dnsmasq parameters into a file

On 11/09/2012 07:36 AM, Guido Günther wrote: Much as it pains me to admit it but you have a valid point. I have been working on this for some time and the usefulness of this is "obvious" to me. While one of the first objectives was to remove the command line clutter by moving the dnsmasq parameters into a conf-file, it is with some planned (by me) future additions/enhancements where it becomes more important. 1. Specify a second conf-file which will initially be allocated as a zero-length file. This file will not be deleted when the network is destroyed. The purpose here is to be able to add log-queries and/or log-dhcp parameters to turn on dnsmasq logging. This can produce a log of clutter in syslog so it should be used onlt when necessary. But, when it it needed, it can be the only way to figure out what is happening. 2. A previous patch I submitted which was accepted involved adding the local=/<domain-name>/ parameter. With this parameter, dnsmasq will not forward queries for the domain it handles. However, currently it will forward reverse lookup queries for it subnetwork. The fix is to add more local=/<ip4>.in-addr-arpa/ for IPv6 and local=/<ip6>.ip6.arpa/. And "<ip6>.ip6.arpa" expands into a forty four character string. I also find it a lot easier to look and and understand a conf-file than looking at the the command line. In addition, the rest of the string of submitted updates all assume this this one is applied. And lastly, from what I have observed, configuration files are preferred to command line parameters. I hope this scratches your itch. Gene