Upgrading from dnsmasq 2.22 may leave users mystified as to why it suddenly stops working. Apparently it started requiring two new kernel modules to work. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge dnsmasq>2.22 2. /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart Actual Results: In /var/log/messages: Feb 20 15:41:24 mecgentoo dnsmasq: failed to create listening socket: Protocol not available dnsmasq failed to start. dnsmasq fails to start. Expected Results: It should work. The nfnetlink and nfnetlink_log modules need to be loaded for dnsmasq>2.22 to work. This problem took months to hunt down and kill; a simple notification in the ebuild would have been very, very helpful.
you cant turn off netlink in newer kernels, so this issue has pretty much expired
