john: sorry, I don't know why I have missed your comment. Well, network-manager does what you describe - but you do need net again during the cleanup phase after the installation. I have just opened this bug report page to add that network manager still tries to reconnect in intrepid.
-- upgrade hangs - network-manager should not be updated / restarted during a distribution update before all files have been downloaded https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188624 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs