Bug#864085: unblock: dnsmasq/2.76-5
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On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 09:58:44AM +0100, ? wrote:
> The dnsmasq package in testing has a serious problem when dns-root-data is
> installed, due to changes in the format of the dns-root-data files.
> The effect is to render dnsmasq unusable.
Bother.
> There are several serious bugs filed to this effect, but they should
> really be release-critical, eg 863896
>
> There are also several bugs in the DNSSEC validation code, which are fixed
> upstream, and really should be in stretch.
>
> Therefore, if we can get dnsmasq-2.77-1, currently in unstable, into Stretch,
> that would be a Good Thing. If not, it will need a point release.
The delta from testing to unstable right now is not really suitable this
late in the process. I would prefer a targetted fix through t-p-u.
However, I wonder if that format change in dns-root-data risks problems in
other packages. Ondřej, is there any advantage to reverting that (keeping
the RC fix for parse-root-anchors.sh)?
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Jonathan Wiltshire jmw@debian.org
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