[Dnsmasq-discuss] Problem with host-record in dnsmasq-2.63 and later

[Simon Kelley]

On 27/09/12 17:04, Haim Gelfenbeyn wrote:
> Hello,
> Dnsmasq 2.63 and 2.64test5 appear to have broken host-record:
>
> With 2.62,
> src/dnsmasq -d -C /dev/null  --host-record=test,10.8.8.100
> performs as expected
>
> With 2.63 and later,
> src/dnsmasq -d -C /dev/null  --host-record=test,10.8.8.100
> appears to hang very early in its initialization process. E.g. even adding
> invalid options to the command line still keeps it hanged.
>
> I tested it on Centos 6.3 machines, let me know if you want me to do/test
> something specific, if you cannot replicate this issue.

No need, I wish all problems were this easy to replicate!

The breakage happened here:

<http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commitdiff;h=c4a7f90ebb0fe44e68f48776ec173d1148116352>

And it's fixed in 2.64test6

Many thanks for the bug report.

Cheers,

Simon.