[Bug 847782] Re: installer writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file

[Leo Milano]

** Description changed:

- In certain situations, ubiquity writes an "auto ethX" line in
- /etc/network/interfaces. This means that the boot up process, including
- bringing up the X system by upstart, will be delayed for whatever
- timeout is defined in /etc/init/failsafe.conf (see bug 839595). This is
- currently 120 seconds.
+ If Ubiquity (the installer) is ran while connected to the internet via
+ ethernet, writes an "auto ethX" line in /etc/network/interfaces. This
+ means that the boot up process, including bringing up the X system by
+ upstart, will be delayed for whatever timeout is defined in
+ /etc/init/failsafe.conf (see bug 839595). This is currently 120 seconds.
  
- This only affects users who customized the interfaces file by hand, as
- well as people who used either the netinstall, or the alternate
- installation CD, on a wired connection.
- 
- So far, it seems like the best solution would be for the custom (net or
- alternative) installer to give the user the option to choose what to do
- with the interfaces file after finishing installation
+ So far, it seems like the best solution would be for the installer to
+ give the user the option to choose what to do with the interfaces file
+ after finishing installation. This will also be an issue with upgrades
+ to Oneiric, so the upgrade tool should probably offer the user to "fix"
+ the interfaces file. In all cases, the user should be offered a sane
+ default behavior.
  
  Please see bug #839595 for more information

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Title:
  installer writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If Ubiquity (the installer) is ran while connected to the internet via
  ethernet, writes an "auto ethX" line in /etc/network/interfaces. This
  means that the boot up process, including bringing up the X system by
  upstart, will be delayed for whatever timeout is defined in
  /etc/init/failsafe.conf (see bug 839595). This is currently 120
  seconds.

  So far, it seems like the best solution would be for the installer to
  give the user the option to choose what to do with the interfaces file
  after finishing installation. This will also be an issue with upgrades
  to Oneiric, so the upgrade tool should probably offer the user to
  "fix" the interfaces file. In all cases, the user should be offered a
  sane default behavior.

  Please see bug #839595 for more information

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