dnsmasq launch script missing

[perette (Perette Barella)]

dnsmasq is delivered apparently missing a shell script needed to launch it. As I'm reading it, the way it's supposed to work is:

• The launch file org.macports.dnsmasq.plist runs daemondo.

• Parameters tell daemondo to invoke /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.dnsmasq/dnsmasq.wrapper

• dnsmasq.wrapper is presumably what's supposed to launch dnsmasq, but it doesn't exist.

I'm unclear why the triple helping of launch abstraction; my workaround was to rewrite org.macports.dnsmasq.plist as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
	 "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>/opt/local/sbin/dnsmasq</string>
		<string>-k</string>
	</array>
	<key>RunAtLoad</key><false/>
       <key>AbandonProcessGroup</key><false/>
       <key>KeepAlive</key>
       <dict>
               <key>NetworkState</key><true/>
       </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

[nerdling (Jeremy Lavergne)]

I'm also uncertain why MacPorts does that triple abstraction.

I'll start looking at how to properly force our own launchd startup script rather than letting MacPorts create one.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

The daemondo stuff is just impedance matching for programs that don't expect to be managed by launchd directly.

[hiram@…]

The patch attached to ​https://trac.macports.org/ticket/21322 updates the Portfile to do something similar.

[atma@…]

Does this solution work for dnsmasq at start-up?

[atma@…]

No actually, this does not work for me at startup. DNSmasq cannot manage to start it before en0 cames up.... which sucks bigtime.

[nerdling (Jeremy Lavergne)]

Added our own launchd script and the optional variants in r60204.