12.04.2 LTS, new install, network broken

[Tom H]

On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co> wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
>>
>> The question is, can NM and resolvconf be excised without excising the rest
>> of the system? TBD. In any event their initiation scripts can be nuked if
>> found.
>
> You should be fine:
>
>     avi at fantastic:~$ apt-get --simulate remove network-manager resolvconf
>     NOTE: This is only a simulation!
>           apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.
>           Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
>           so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
>     Reading package lists... Done
>     Building dependency tree
>     Reading state information... Done
>     The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
>       libllvm3.1:i386 linux-headers-3.8.0-18 linux-headers-3.8.0-18-generic linux-image-3.8.0-18-generic linux-image-extra-3.8.0-18-generic
>     Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
>     The following packages will be REMOVED
>       network-manager network-manager-gnome resolvconf ubuntu-minimal
>     0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 66 not upgraded.
>     Remv network-manager-gnome [0.9.8.0-1ubuntu2]
>     Remv network-manager [0.9.8.0-0ubuntu6]
>     Remv ubuntu-minimal [1.299]
>     Remv resolvconf [1.69ubuntu1]
>     avi at fantastic:~$

Is advising people to remove ubuntu-minimal (especially as a list
admin) appropriate? If you don't want to use resolvconf on a system,
disable it. If the few KB/MB that it takes up disturb you, use equivs
to create a dummy replacement resolvconf package.

# apt-cache show ubuntu-minimal
Package: ubuntu-minimal
Priority: important
Section: metapackages
...
Depends: adduser, apt, apt-utils, bzip2, console-setup, debconf,
debconf-i18n, eject, gnupg, ifupdown, initramfs-tools, iproute,
iputils-ping, isc-dhcp-client, kbd, less, locales, lsb-release,
makedev, mawk, module-init-tools, net-tools, netbase, netcat-openbsd,
ntpdate, passwd, procps, python3, resolvconf, rsyslog, sudo, tzdata,
ubuntu-keyring, udev, upstart, ureadahead, vim-tiny, whiptail
...
Description-en: Minimal core of Ubuntu
 This package depends on all of the packages in the Ubuntu minimal system,
 that is a functional command-line system with the following capabilities:
 .
  - Boot
  - Detect hardware
  - Connect to a network
  - Install packages
  - Perform basic diagnostics
 .
 It is also used to help ensure proper upgrades, so it is recommended that
 it not be removed.
...