[Dnsmasq-discuss] Crashes with 2.16?

[Simon Kelley]

Holger Hoffstätte wrote:
> Hi :)
> 
> I've been running dnsmasq up to 2.15 on Debian Sarge serving our small 
> company LAN without any troubles whatsoever. For kicks (err..testing 
> purposes) I recently upgraded to 2.16-r2 and promptly got what I 
> deserved: it has quietly crashed twice already, for no apparent reason 
> and without any trace in the system logs. Since no DNS tends to impact 
> office productivity I downgraded to 2.15 again for now. Has anybody else 
> encountered random crashes with 2.16?
> 
> Thanks
> Holger

There have been no other reports of problems, but that doesn't mean too 
much. If you can stand risking another crash, a core dump would be 
really useful to chase this down.

Quick instructions for getting that, please ask if you need more detail:

1) build from source with debugging symbols

apt-get source dnsmasq
cd dnsmasq-2.16
make CFLAGS=-g

2) allow core dumps
ulimit -c unlimited

3) stop existing dnsmasq process
/etc/init.d/dnsmasq stop

4) run in debug mode
src/dnsmasq -d

If it goes pop, send src/dnsmasq and the corefile to simon@thekelleys.org.uk

Thanks,

Simon.