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

[Guido Günther]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 05:40:34PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote:
> 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?
Care to send a patch?
Cheers,
 -- Guido