[Mageia-dev] Proposal: Deprecate draknetcenter+network init scripts after systemd becomes default.

Thu Aug 25 13:17:51 CEST 2011

'Twas brillig, and Michael Scherer at 24/08/11 10:46 did gyre and gimble:
+>> At present, a number of my machines have scripts that hook into the network 
+>> scripts. For example, one to update the bind forwarders from the DNS IPs 
+>> returned by pppd when the interface comes up. On another machine, a script 
+>> that unloads the wireless broadband driver when the interface goes down (I 
+>> think this modem has buggy firmware). Then, there are the existing scripts 
+>> shipped in the distribution (e.g. to reload squid).
+
+Just on this point in particular (as Misc has pretty much covered
+everything I would say and more!), the need to do this will likely go
+away very soon.
+
+I don't know the full ins and outs here but AFAIK, there was/are various
+uses of dnsmasq in Network Manager to provide caching DNS (which I
+presume is the basic need with bind+forwarders).
+
+
+In the not too distant future there will be a new resolved that will
+slot into nsswitch that will handle DNS lookups much more gracefully
+(i.e. basically replacing "dns" module). Combine that with appropriate
+caching from nscd and you should be fine generally for caching DNS
+lookups and reacting to server changes when moving network around etc.
+
+I don't have all the details here, but this kind of infrastructure will
+be a lot simpler and more robust.
+
+Of course there may be need to do the whole bind thing and that, in
+itself, should still be possible.
+
+Col
+
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+
+Colin Guthrie
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+http://colin.guthr.ie/
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