[Dnsmasq-discuss] Questions about strict-order

[Geert Stappers]

On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 12:53:32PM +0000, Ercolino De Spiacico wrote:
> About strict-order
> 
> As I'm reading online this prefers one server over the others and
> skips to the second in order of preference only if the first is to
> fail.

Qouting dnsmasq manual page:

       -o, --strict-order
              By default, dnsmasq will send queries to any of the
              upstream servers it knows about and tries to favour
              servers that are known to be up. Setting this  flag
              forces  dnsmasq  to try each query with each server
              strictly in  the  order  they  appear  in  /etc/re‐
              solv.conf


> From my online reading it appears like the highest priority is
> the latest defined resolver in the config. Unless this was recently
> modified either at code or documentation level I would suggest to
> capture this important point in the MAN page.