Network configuration future

Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to
Sat Sep 8 03:29:22 UTC 2012


On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 17:04:31 -0500,
   Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 16:46 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 16:38:27 -0500,
>>    Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
>> >'man NetworkManager' is a good place to start here, which leads you to
>> >NetworkManager.conf, which leads you to:
>> >
>> >dns=dnsmasq
>>
>> I knew about that, but I don't use dnsmasq, I use dnscache.
>
>In that case, how about we add a plugin for dnscache too?  Though we are
>in the process of figuring out a more generic interface, so that for
>example dnscache itself could distribute a plugin for NM instead of
>having to build this stuff into NM.

I wouldn't be adverse to that. I don't work on that package though. (I find 
it convenient though since I had been using dnscache built from source 
before the ndjbdns package was available in Fedora and using the package 
is more convenient for new installs.)

I could file an RFE with that package.


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