[LEDE-DEV] Trouble with dnsmasq

[Hans Dedecker]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 8:28 PM, e9hack <e9hack at gmail.com> wrote:
> Am 22.11.2017 um 18:01 schrieb e9hack:
>
>> It look likes that reload_service()/start_service() is called twice. The first call generates the host file properly and
>> starts dnsmasq. Before dnsmasq is able to read the host file, the second call of reload_service()/start_service()
>> overwrites the host file. Now the host file contains the first line only, which is a comment.
>
> I could solve the issue for me. I do the same for the host file like the config file. A temp host file is initialized.
> Before dnsmasq is started, this file is renamed by mv to the required name of the host file.
>
>> Independently of this, the reload_service()/start_service() functions are called every 2..10min which
>> overwrites/generates the host file again.
>
> It comes from odhcpd6. It calls very often dhcpv6.script which generates an action ifupdate for interface wan_6.
You can avoid the dnsmasq restarts by setting ignore to 1 for the
wan_6 interface in the dhcp uci section e.g

config dhcp 'wan_6'
        option interface 'wan_6'
        option ignore '1'

Hans
>
> Regards,
> Hartmut
>
>
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