[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#504605: Bug#504605: libvirt-bin: README.Debian says dnsmasq should not be already running

[Adeodato Simó]

reopen 504605
thanks

* Guido Günther [Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:26:31 +0100]:

> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 01:21:02PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote:
> > I have interface=lo in my dnsmasq.conf, plus "bind-interfaces". However
> > you are right that stopping or restarting the main dnsmasq with the
> > init.d scripts kills the libvirt-bin dnsmasq, because the init.d script
> > kills all existing dnsmasq's (it assumes them to be children of the main
> > dnsmasq, and not standalone instances).
> So that would be a bug in dnsmasq then? Anyways, I think leaving the
> warning as is is fine since people might run into problems otherwise.

I'm not satisfied with closing this bug right now, since the text in
README.Debian is misleading: having a standard dnsmasq /can/ work nicely
with libvirt-bin. You could, perhaps, document that you need the
"bind-interfaces" option set?

Thanks,

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