[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq compilation and dependencies

[john doe]

On 6/12/2019 5:19 PM, SALA MASSIMO wrote:
> Hi
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>
> I have some servers with linux 2.6.18.
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> I know... but I cannot upgrade because of legacy applications, it's ok for us, they are only for intranet usage.
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>
> Pls a few questions:
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> 1) configure and compile vs dnsmasq --help
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> I want only the DNS daemon, a minimal version (not authoritative).
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> I tried this:
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>      make COPTS="-DNO_AUTH DNO_DHCP -DNO_INOTIFY -DNO_IPV6 -DNO_SCRIPT -DNO_TFTP"
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> and it succeded.
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>
> However running
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>      src/dnsmasq --help
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> I still see some options regarding the excluded features (like dhcp).
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> Is this ok ?
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>

We would need the output of the command .

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> 2) dependencies
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> From the  http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
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> I don't understand the dependencies on shared libraries.
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> Example: an excerpt from ver 2.79
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>         Tidy up Crypto code, removing workarounds for ancient
>         versions of libnettle. We now require libnettle 3.
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>
> With the aforementioned options (1), is libnettled required?
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Yes, above 3.0.

> The output of ldd src/dnsmasq shows only
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>         linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x0000003ed4800000)
>         /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000003ed4400000)
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> On linux  2.6.18 I tried to download and compile libnettle3, but there are too many broken dependencies.
> Is it possibile to use dnsmasq 2.80 without this library?
>

Looks like you are out of luck here.

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John Doe