[Dnsmasq-discuss] Feature request = block-conf

[Simon Kelley]

Thanks Rance, you saved me from writing the same answer.

Simon.


On 04/03/2022 17:00, Rance Hall via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote:
> How does dnsmasq behave if there is a configuration error in the config 
> file elsewhere?  If the syntax is broken then it fails hard.  Don't see 
> why this wouldn't be true of a suplemental config script being referred 
> to in the main one.
> 
> And as to --fail-safe:  I don't see how this is reasonable, as it will 
> lead to undesirable operation and possibly even broken clients if the 
> mistake includes part of the dhcp configuration.
> 
> Its annoying, but probably better for services not to start if they 
> can't interpret/understand their starting state.
> 
> Rance
> 
>> On Mar 4, 2022, at 4:16 AM, Ercolino de Spiacico 
>> <bellocarico at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> > I've just added it to 2.87test8
>>
>> > Please test and report back.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm finally managed to find a way to build from sources. One initial
>> feedback:
>>
>> I cross referenceed the conf script e.g.
>>
>> conf-scrip=/tmp/adblock-expander.sh
>>
>> If the file doesn't exists or has a broken syntax it will make the whole
>> dnsmasq process failing with a message like "/tmp/adblock-expander.sh
>> returns a non 0 exit code something"
>>
>> This is perhaps a wider topic and goes a bit out of scope for this
>> feature request, but perhaps we should:
>>
>> 1) remove this error control for conf-script and simply log+skip errors
>> rather than crash land the whole dnsmasq.
>>
>> 2) perhaps introducing a new "--fail-safe" option for dnsmasq to extend
>> point 1) to any broken directive in the configuration
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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