Bug#864085: unblock: dnsmasq/2.76-5
Simon,
please let me know what would be the fixed version number and I'll issue
an update to dns-root-data to have "Breaks: dnsmasq (<<
<fixed_version>)".
Cheers,
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Ondřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org>
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On Sun, Jun 4, 2017, at 19:54, Simon Kelley wrote:
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>
> On 04/06/17 16:36, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote:
> > Control: tag -1 moreinfo
> >
> > 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.
>
> I understand.
>
> >
> > 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)?
> >
>
> The patch to fix this in dnsmasq is at :
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> http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commitdiff;h=44eb875a5ab2e3b862a6b2bc9fbbb919475d2107
>
> (that regexp handles both old and new formats.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon.
>
>
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