fix(gateway): resync the gateway's resolv.conf when the host's changes

The gateway container's /etc/resolv.conf is a one-shot copy: nixos-container
cps it in from the host in its start script, and nspawn's --resolv-conf=auto
copies (not binds) for a writable host-netns container. systemd-nspawn(1)
states the consequence outright — "no further propagation of configuration is
generally done after the one-time early initialization (this is because the
file is usually updated through copying and renaming)".

dnsmasq has no explicit upstream and follows that file, so a host network
change strands it on a resolver that no longer answers and every non-hive
lookup from every agent hangs. Agents' own resolvers point at the static
bridge IP and never go stale, which is why the symptom presents as "the
gateway needs a kick".

Add a host-side hive-gateway-resolv path unit watching /etc/resolv.conf.
On change it machinectl copy-to's the file into the container and reloads
dnsmasq — ExecReload is kill -HUP, so upstreams are re-read and the cache
flushed without dropping anything; nginx never notices.

- watched from the HOST: a rename on the host doesn't cross the nspawn mount
  namespace, so an in-container path unit can't see it (same reason c0re
  reloads nginx from the host side)
- copy, not a file bind-mount: openresolv renames over the file, so a bind
  would pin the first inode forever — strictly worse than today
- machinectl copy-to writes through the container's own mount namespace, so
  this holds regardless of how the container assembles /etc
- armed Before=network-pre.target so the boot's first DHCP write is caught,
  and re-run on gateway start for changes made while it was down
- a host file with no nameserver line is skipped, not pushed, so a
  mid-rewrite snapshot can't blank hive DNS
- deliberately no fallback server=: dnsmasq queries all known upstreams in
  parallel, so a hardcoded public resolver would take a share of normal
  traffic rather than only covering the gap
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atlas 2026-07-26 17:56:51 +02:00
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# which nixos-container copies from the host at every start, so the
# hive always uses the host's resolvers. resolvconf is disabled in
# the container (see ./default.nix) so nothing regenerates that
# copy.
# copy; the host-side `hive-gateway-resolv` path unit (also in
# ./default.nix) pushes in a fresh copy and reloads dnsmasq whenever
# the host's resolvers change, so the copy can't go stale under a
# network switch. Deliberately no fallback `server=`: dnsmasq queries
# all known upstreams in parallel, so a hardcoded public resolver
# would take a share of *normal* traffic, not just fill in when the
# host file is empty.
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