[Dnsmasq-discuss] cannot start dnsmasq

[Christophe Massez]

I didn't try the locale suggestion but removing package dns-root-data save
my life, many thanks Simon :-)



2018-06-29 16:53 GMT+02:00 Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk>:

> It's a bad interaction between two packages and it's proving difficult
> to get the maintainers for jessie to sort it. The problem is that the
> format of a file in dns-root-data changed.
>
> The simplest solution would be to remove the dns-root-data package from
> your install.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon.
>
>
> On 29/06/18 14:39, Christophe Massez wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've updated my linux machine (debian jessie) yesterday and dnsmasq
> > cannot start - no change made in config file, here the log :
> >
> > Jun 29 15:29:00 vterminal systemd[1]: Starting dnsmasq - A lightweight
> > DHCP and caching DNS server...
> > Jun 29 15:29:00 vterminal dnsmasq[29555]: dnsmasq: vérification de
> > syntaxe OK.
> > Jun 29 15:29:00 vterminal dnsmasq[29557]: la ligne de commande contient
> > des éléments indésirables ou incompréhensibles
> > Jun 29 15:29:00 vterminal dnsmasq[29557]: IMPOSSIBLE de démarrer
> > Jun 29 15:29:00 vterminal systemd[1]: dnsmasq.service: control process
> > exited, code=exited status=1
> > Jun 29 15:29:00 vterminal systemd[1]: Failed to start dnsmasq - A
> > lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server.
> > Jun 29 15:29:00 vterminal systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Host and
> > Network Name Lookups.
> > Jun 29 15:29:00 vterminal systemd[1]: Unit dnsmasq.service entered
> > failed state.
> > Jun 29 15:29:00 vterminal dnsmasq[29557]: dnsmasq: la ligne de commande
> > contient des éléments indésirables ou incompréhensibles
> >
> > I also try on a fresh install (still debian jessie), and I've the same
> > problem.
> >
> > In both cases :
> > root at vterminal:~# dnsmasq --test
> > dnsmasq: vérification de syntaxe OK.
> >
> >
> > Any clue about this error ?  Any help will be very welcome.
> > Christophe
> >
> >
> >
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