Comment 49 for bug 102675

Steve, these are workarounds and not really solutions, yes. However, in most cases the networking script is not necessary because all network interfaces that are marked as "auto" will be enabled by /etc/udev/rules.d/85-ifupdown.rules as soon as they are detected. This is the modern event-based scheme (think upstart). The networking script is an old-world relique that eventually (no pun intended) will disappear AFAIK.