[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#530024: Bug#530024: eth0 Wired interface not managed (on squeeze install/upgrade).

[Frank Lin PIAT]

Michael Biebl wrote:
> Frank Lin PIAT wrote:
>>
>> The wired network interface isn't managed on a default system
>> (>=squeeze).
>> [..]
>> I don't know if the right way to solve the issue is to:
>>  1. comment-out the [eth0] entry in /e/n/interfaces
>> or
>>  2. set "managed=true" in nm-system-settings.conf
>>     (an kill nm-system-settings or reboot)
>>
>> Note regarding #1: Every user that upgrade their system from lenny to
>>    squeeze will face this bug. Do you think it's possible to address
>>    this problem (dispaying note or whatever).
>
> I agree this will be a problem for squeeze.
> I'd somehow like to keep managed=false to not break the setup for users
> with more complex configurations.

I agree.

Also, I believe that network-manager's new behaviour is better that the
previous one. (It is now clear wherether an interface is managed or not).
Specifically, the new behaviour makes it easy to solve problem like
http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/VMs/MicrosoftVirtualPc2007/etch#networking
( http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418745 )

> The approach Ubuntu took, is to comment out /e/n/i entries in a postinst
> migration script, which matches
> (auto,allow-hotplug) <device>
> iface <device> inet dhcp

Poking a user managed file is always tricky, but it seems to be an
effective solution to prevent upgrade problems.

Regards,

Franklin