I applied the two upstream commits into NM 0.98; built the package and it does fix the libnl-3 updated issue. NM no longer crashes when using the updated (proposed) libnl-3.
** Patch added: "nm_fix_updated_libnl_regression.debdiff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1539634/+attachment/4559245/+files/nm_fix_updated_libnl_regression.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1539634 Title: network-manager crashes when using libnl-3-200-3.21.1-1ubuntu1 Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Testing out proposed libnl-3 package[1] exposed a bug in NM 0.98. After installing updated libnl3 and restarting networkmanager, NM crashes with: /var/log/syslog shows: init: network-manager main process (1057) killed by SEGV signal init: network-manager main process ended, respawning init: network-manager main process (1065) killed by SEGV signal init: network-manager respawning too fast, stopped The bug has been fixed in upstream 0.98 with these patches: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=8e4576b9fdb5c888d20a13aa2cc198df790dba54 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=65981edb9f562c07e78815c98093da67c50bfdcf To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1539634/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp