Date: 21 Mar 2004 23:30:07 -0000 From: Steven Honson <steven@honson.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/64554: [maintainer update] update to pkg-descr Message-ID: <20040321233007.74235.qmail@stormtrooper.enumerati.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200403212340.i2LNe8We047623@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 64554 >Category: ports >Synopsis: [maintainer update] update to pkg-descr >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: maintainer-update >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 21 15:40:06 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Steven Honson >Release: FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p10 i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD stormtrooper.enumerati.org 5.1-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p10 #0: Fri Nov 7 06:59:00 EST 2003 ngrundy@stormtrooper.enumerati.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/STORMTROOPER i386 >Description: New description to include information about DHCP server features. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- /usr/ports/dns/dnsmasq/pkg-descr Mon Feb 2 09:07:07 2004 +++ dnsmasq/pkg-descr Mon Mar 22 10:25:51 2004 @@ -1,8 +1,13 @@ -Dnsmasq is a caching DNS forwarder designed to provide DNS service on a -small network. It is targeted at home networks using NAT and connected to -the internet via a modem, cable-modem or ADSL connection but would be a -good choice for any small network where low resource use and ease of -configuration are important. +Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server. It is designed to provide DNS +and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network. It can serve the names of local machines which are not in +the global DNS. The DHCP server integrates with the DNS server and allows machines with DHCP-allocated +addresses to appear in the DNS with names configured either in each host or in a central configuration +file. Dnsmasq supports static and dynamic DHCP leases and BOOTP for network booting of diskless +machines. + +Dnsmasq is targeted at home networks using NAT and connected to the internet via a modem, cable-modem +or ADSL connection but would be a good choice for any small network where low resource use and ease of +configuration are important. WWW: http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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