[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#450496: Merge resolv.conf settings

[Erich Schubert]

Package: network-manager
Version: 0.6.5-3
Severity: normal

Hi,
I'm using an openvpn connection to access a certain subnet only.
That VPN connection deliberately doesn't setup a DNS server;
it's just a security measure to provide encrypted access to certain services.

However I can't really use the VPN functionality of network-manager for
that, because it loses my proper DNS entry.
So I'm connected to a wired ethernet via
Network-Manager. /etc/resolv.conf is setup correctly, and I have working
DNS. After connecting to the VPN (which is only used for a /24 network),
the file contains only
--
# generated by NetworkManager, do not edit!
--
Instead of writing an empty file, it should either merge the settings
when connected to a VPN (especially if it's not setting up a new default
route!) or at least noticing that it didn't get any useful data from the
VPN connection and then stick to the previous configuration...

--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.22-3-686

Debian Release: lenny/sid
  500 unstable        www.debian-multimedia.org 
  500 unstable        ftp.de.debian.org 
    1 experimental    ftp.de.debian.org 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                   (Version) | Installed
===================================-+-===============
libc6                  (>= 2.6.1-1) | 2.6.1-6
libdbus-1-3              (>= 1.1.1) | 1.1.1-3
libdbus-glib-1-2          (>= 0.74) | 0.74-1
libgcrypt11              (>= 1.2.2) | 1.2.4-2
libglib2.0-0            (>= 2.14.0) | 2.14.2-1
libgpg-error0              (>= 1.4) | 1.4-2
libhal1                 (>= 0.5.10) | 0.5.10-2
libiw29              (>= 28+29pre7) | 29-1
libnl1-pre6                         | 1.0~pre6-6
libnm-util0                         | 0.6.5-3
iproute                             | 20070313-1
iputils-arping                      | 3:20070202-3
dhcdbd                  (>= 1.12-2) | 3.0-1
lsb-base                 (>= 2.0-6) | 3.1-24
wpasupplicant            (>= 0.4.8) | 0.6.0-4
dbus                      (>= 0.60) | 1.1.1-3
hal                    (>= 0.5.7.1) | 0.5.10-2
ifupdown                            | 0.6.8
adduser                             | 3.105

best regards,
Erich Schubert
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