Please test and review this patch. /etc/network/interfaces is monitored and the device list rebuilt whenever /e/n/i is changed. The currently active device is kept active unless it has been disabled. It uses inotify directly and not libgnomevfs since network-manager doesn't depend on gnome. The patch is meant to be applied after the patches in debian/patches/ (eg you can just drop it in debian/patches/18_monitor_eni.patch and rebuild the package).
** Attachment added: "Proposed fix" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5779950/nm-monitor-eni.diff -- NM should notice changes to /etc/network/interfaces automatically https://launchpad.net/bugs/61089 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs