[NetworkManager] blacklisting auto dhcp interfaces in gutsy

[Scott James Remnant]

On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 13:40 +0200, Alexander Sack wrote:

> > > > > > > I'm afraid I'm not up to speed on the technical issues involved here, but
> > > > > > > the proposed change in behaviour would be a regression for users.  If I
> > > > > > > understand correctly, folks who installed 7.04 and are happily using
> > > > > > > network-manager (with the default 'auto dhcp' entries in /e/n/interfaces)
> > > > > > > would suddenly see it stop working.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > Yes, if we don't provide an upgrade path to correct this, those
> > > > > > users will suddenly see it stop working. However, there are also
> > > > > > things to win: For instance you finally will be able to go to network
> > > > > > admin in gnome, configure your connection as dhcp and just use that
> > > > > > without network-manager getting in your way. Currently your only
> > > > > > choice to use the auto dhcp /e/n/i feature is to purge
> > > > > > network-manager ... which can't be the right answer imo.
> > > > > 
> > Actually, you should also be able to do something like this:
> > 
> >   auto eth0
> >   iface eth0 inet dhcp
> >     do-not-use-network-manager
> 
> ... so you suggest that gnome network-admin is fixed to add that
> option when you select dhcp for that interface?
> 
I suggest my original design, which was that *any* mention of the
interface in /e/n/i would blacklist it from NM -- which would mean that
the installer/casper shouldn't write them by default.

Scott
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Scott James Remnant
Ubuntu Development Manager
scott at ubuntu.com
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