[Dnsmasq-discuss] 2.73 crashes; 2.72 runs fine

[Carlos Carvalho]

I tried 2.73 today but it doesn't run. First, it aborts with

dnsmasq: failed to create listening socket for fe80::225:90ff:fe4f:6820: Too many open files

Raising the limit it starts but vanishes:

hoggar#~ ulimit -n 2048
hoggar#~ dnsmasq

In the log:

Jun 17 17:43:11 dnsmasq[26530]: started, version 2.73 cachesize 10000
Jun 17 17:43:11 dnsmasq[26530]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus i1
8n IDN DHCP no-DHCPv6 no-scripts TFTP no-conntrack ipset auth DNSSEC loop-detect
 inotify
[lots of initial stuff omitted]
Jun 17 17:43:11 dnsmasq[26530]: using nameserver 127.0.0.1#53

and nothing more. The process disappeared. There are no messages in
any log file.

I compiled the Debian package with
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="nodbus noconntrack nodhcp6 noscript"

2.72 runs with the same configuration. The machine has 223 interfaces.

Why does 2.73 needs more open files? Is the crash related to this?