[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq 2.44 available.

[Grant Coady]

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:20:09 +0100, Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk> wrote:

>I've released dnsmasq version 2.44. This is a stability release. It 
>fixes crash problems in 2.43. The crashes occur when a DHCP client 
>renews a non-existant lease for an invalid subnet, when a DHCP client 
>which does not have a lease does DHCPINFORM and a crash which can occur 
>when network configuration changes. Thanks to bug reporters and testers 
>who found these problems in the (somewhat rushed) 2.43 release.
>
>http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-2.44.tar.gz

It's bust for me :(  returns '5(REFUSED)' for host lookups, reverting to 
2.43 fixes the problem.  Slackware Linux 11.0 with 2.6.25.11 kernel.

The /var/log/debug file just shows the queries not being forwarded, the 
var/log/messages looks normal:

Jul 21 04:01:03 deltree dnsmasq[22844]: started, version 2.44 cachesize 150
Jul 21 04:01:03 deltree dnsmasq[22844]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-ISC-leasefile no-DBus no-I18N TFTP
Jul 21 04:01:03 deltree dnsmasq[22844]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.2.101 -- 192.168.2.109, lease time 2h
Jul 21 04:01:03 deltree dnsmasq[22844]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.1.101 -- 192.168.1.109, lease time 2h
Jul 21 04:01:03 deltree dnsmasq[22844]: using local addresses only for domain mire.mine.nu
Jul 21 04:01:03 deltree dnsmasq[22844]: reading /etc/ppp/resolv.conf
Jul 21 04:01:03 deltree dnsmasq[22844]: using nameserver 122.148.1.5#53
Jul 21 04:01:03 deltree dnsmasq[22844]: using nameserver 123.2.6.197#53
Jul 21 04:01:03 deltree dnsmasq[22844]: using local addresses only for domain mire.mine.nu
Jul 21 04:01:03 deltree dnsmasq[22844]: read /etc/hosts - 2 addresses
Jul 21 04:01:03 deltree dnsmasq[22844]: read /usr/local/etc/hosts - 26 addresses
Jul 21 04:04:51 deltree dnsmasq[22844]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM
Jul 21 04:05:35 deltree dnsmasq[23123]: started, version 2.43 cachesize 150
Jul 21 04:05:35 deltree dnsmasq[23123]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-ISC-leasefile no-DBus no-I18N TFTP
Jul 21 04:05:35 deltree dnsmasq[23123]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.2.101 -- 192.168.2.109, lease time 2h
Jul 21 04:05:35 deltree dnsmasq[23123]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.1.101 -- 192.168.1.109, lease time 2h
Jul 21 04:05:35 deltree dnsmasq[23123]: using local addresses only for domain mire.mine.nu
Jul 21 04:05:35 deltree dnsmasq[23123]: reading /etc/ppp/resolv.conf
Jul 21 04:05:35 deltree dnsmasq[23123]: using nameserver 122.148.1.5#53
Jul 21 04:05:35 deltree dnsmasq[23123]: using nameserver 123.2.6.197#53
Jul 21 04:05:35 deltree dnsmasq[23123]: using local addresses only for domain mire.mine.nu
Jul 21 04:05:35 deltree dnsmasq[23123]: read /etc/hosts - 2 addresses
Jul 21 04:05:35 deltree dnsmasq[23123]: read /usr/local/etc/hosts - 26 addresses

Though I should disable IPv6 as it is not turned on in the kernel?

Grant.