[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq cname limitations

[Salatiel Filho]

Hi, why does dnsmasq cname require an entry on /etc/hosts?
I would like to override "somedomain.com" to "some-load-balancer.com"
as a CNAME.If I start dnsmasq as:
# dnsmasq -dq -r /etc/resolv.upstream --cname
somedomain.com,some-load-balancer.com
If I try to ping somedomain.com, I will get :
ping: unknown host somedomain.com
If I try to nslookup somedomain.com
Server:        127.0.0.1
Address:    127.0.0.1#53
somedomain.com    canonical name = some-load-balancer.com.

So I would expect that to work. Is there a reason for that not being
allowed by dnsmasq? Security reasons somehow ?
I have a scenario where I need to make a container for a legacy
application point somedomain.com ( hardcoded )  to an external
loadbalancer's CNAME whose  IP is, of course, dynamic and I can not
add it to /etc/hosts.

Thanks!