[oe] [meta-networking][PATCH 2/2] dnsmasq: disable the service by default

[Huang, Jie (Jackie)]

It can be overridden to enable the service in the conf file of the distro
with witch only dnsmasq is used in the images.

We can also disable the service in the distro conf file instead of in the recipe
if it makes more sense.

Thanks,
Jackie

From: Bruce Ashfield [mailto:bruce.ashfield at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 10:39 PM
To: Huang, Jie (Jackie)
Cc: openembedded-devel
Subject: Re: [oe] [meta-networking][PATCH 2/2] dnsmasq: disable the service by default



On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 3:09 AM, <jackie.huang at windriver.com<mailto:jackie.huang at windriver.com>> wrote:
From: Jackie Huang <jackie.huang at windriver.com<mailto:jackie.huang at windriver.com>>

The service will fail to start/stop when dnsmasq and
bind (provides named) are both installed since they
are using the same port 53:

| dnsmasq: failed to create listening socket for port 53: Address already in use

So disable the service by default, if the user really
want to use two dns servives, the config needs to be
changed to use different interfaces or ports.

But what if the user is only using dnsmasq ? (which is the case in the images I use).
This would be a behaviour change that they add dnsmasq, but don't actually get the
service started.
IMHO if someone is installing two packages that provide the same service, they
are more aware of what is going on and can disable one (or the other) .. versus
someone that adds a single package that provides a service .. and then find out that
it doesn't actually start.
Bruce


As reference, other distro like centos/fedora also
disables the services by default on installation.

Signed-off-by: Jackie Huang <jackie.huang at windriver.com<mailto:jackie.huang at windriver.com>>
---
 meta-networking/recipes-support/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.inc | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.inc b/meta-networking/recipes-support/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.inc
index 424a06b..9c2276f 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.inc
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.inc
@@ -81,3 +81,4 @@ RPROVIDES_${PN} += "${PN}-systemd"
 RREPLACES_${PN} += "${PN}-systemd"
 RCONFLICTS_${PN} += "${PN}-systemd"
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "dnsmasq.service"
+SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE ?= "disable"
--
2.8.3

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