[Dnsmasq-discuss] domain suffix and dns caching

[Louis-Michel Gelinas]

Hi list,
        
I am using dnsmasq as a caching dns server, no DHCP. 
        
/etc/resolv.conf contains only : 
nameserver 127.0.0.1
        
dnsmsq.conf contains:
        
resolv-file=/etc/resolv.conf.dnsmasq
listen-address=127.0.0.1

and /etc/resolv.conf.dnsmasq is maintained by helper scripts. 

all is good and works fine, apart the domain suffix. 

I would like dnsmasq to ADD the suffix to queries without one. This is
the job of libresolv if I understand correctly, and /etc/resolv.conf is
only read once ( res_init will have it-reread, but I would like to find
another solution, hence dnsmasq). 

The reason I use dnsmasq is to be able to change dns configs without
restarting deamons (or using res_init). This works for dns servers, but
changing the suffix does not. 

Can this be done with stock dnsmasq? Is my idea broken in the first
place ? 

If this cannot be done with dnsmasq, is a patch welcome? any
recommendations as to how to do this? 

Thanks
Louis-Michel Gelinas