#732049 --addn-hosts doesn't work

Package:
dnsmasq
Source:
dnsmasq
Submitter:
Date:
2013-12-13 23:36:08 UTC
Severity:
normal
#732049#5
Date:
2013-12-13 08:50:53 UTC
From:
To:
I wish to inform you that

it
doesn't
work.

# cat /etc/hosts.wiki
127.0.0.1 abj.jidanni.org radioscanningtw.jidanni.org transgender-taiwan.org mysql.transgender-taiwan.org
# dnsmasq -d --addn-hosts=/etc/hosts.wiki &
[1] 8957
dnsmasq: started, version 2.68 cachesize 150
dnsmasq: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt DBus i18n IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP conntrack ipset auth
dnsmasq: reading /etc/resolv.conf
dnsmasq: using nameserver 168.95.1.1#53
dnsmasq: using nameserver 168.95.192.1#53
dnsmasq: read /etc/hosts - 16 addresses
dnsmasq: read /etc/hosts.wiki - 1 addresses
16:45 bin# resolveip transgender-taiwan.org
IP address of transgender-taiwan.org is 67.205.46.124
#732049#10
Date:
2013-12-13 23:32:16 UTC
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To:
OK I found a method to temporarily e.g., make doubleclick point to
localhost or back, without changing any of the Debian dnsmasq default
configuration:
# ed /etc/hosts
# /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart

Using instead switches mentioned on the man page probably requires
editing /etc/dnsmasq.conf first.