Comment 3 for bug 847782
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| Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar) wrote Re: Ubiquity writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file | #3 |
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It seems to me that this is actually quite safe, sane behavior for the installer to exhibit, since it can't be sure that you don't want the machine connected via the install interface after first reboot. Without the guaranteed presence of NetworkManager to tie it to (one picks mini/alt installer because they want to customize, right?) , what choice does the installer have but to keep the configuration given.
What might be a more interesting way to go would be to change NetworkManager so that when it is installed, it can offer to disable these auto interfaces at a medium priority, with its default being not to (its more annoying but safer to leave them in /etc/network/
Anyway, I believe this behavior (right or wrong) is all coming from debian-installer, not ubiquity, so redirecting as such, and marking the importance Medium since this only affects users who are switching off their install interface, not all users.