[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq identification

[Simon Kelley]

On 05/11/12 18:18, Gene Czarcinski wrote:
> Libvirt currently intends not require updating to some recent version of
> dnsmasq.  Currently, that means besides 2.63, they want to handle
> situations where dnsmasq-2.48 and dnsmasq-2.59 are installed on the system.
>
> 1.  What is a "good" way to identify what services are supported by a
> running dnsmasq.  The one currently planned is to do "dnsmasq
> --version", capture the output, and check the version id.

You can query the version via DNS too

dig chaos txt version.bind

>
> 2. What version do you feel has good, solid support for statefull
> (enable-ra) and stateless (ra-only)?  As I first cut, I am guessing 2.60.

Check the CHANGELOG. Given that's newish code, I'd use the latest 
version I could.
>
> 3.  Do you consider that DHCPv6 is supported in 2.63?  True, there will
> be a problem running more than one instance of dnsmasq supporting DHCPv6
> and, if you have not specified interface=, valid requests will be
> ignored, but it is does, kind-a, sort-of "work."
>
> If you want full service DHCPv6, then run at least dnsmasq-2.64test7 or
> dnsmasq-2.63+patches.
>
> Comments?
>

I plan to start the release process for 2.64 RSN, so a couple of weeks 
might see a full 2.64 release to use.

Cheers,


Simon.

> Gene
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