[Dnsmasq-discuss] alias broken? (version 2.40)

[Simon Kelley]

Michael Meelis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We just upgraded from dnsmasq 2.38 to 2.40 (on FreeBSD) and it seems
> that the alias ip address rewrite is broken (or is there a config
> change?).
> 
> alias=1.2.3.4,5.6.7.8
> 
> So a domainname that is resolved to 1.2.3.4 if not being reported to
> client as 5.6.7.8. Dnsmasq report back to client 1.2.3.4 (instead of
> 5.6.7.8)
> 
> This alias functionality has been serving us very well over the past
> years. We love to get it back working again.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
>

Confirmed it is broken, sorry about that. The relevant code seems to
have been accidentally removed.....

http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/test-releases/dnsmasq-2.41test24.tar.gz

should fix things.


Thanks for the bug report.


Simon.