I think Abraham's work-around might be the best I have seen yet, but
still, 'Automatic' should really be 'use it if it is there, DON'T FAIL
if it is not there.'  The hack that I have been using is to go into the
network manager's 'Edit Connections' dialog and under the 'Wired' tab,
click on 'Add' to create a new wired connection.  Then I can have two
wired connections, one that ignores IPv6 and one that has it set to
automatic. Then, based on where I am (at work or at home) I can choose
the appropriate connection.  Actually, it seems to fail nicely and
choose the appropriate connection for me; I rarely have to force it to
connect to the right connection.  I got this inspiration from the
wireless connections tab which has a connection defined for each of the
WAPs that it connects to, each with the ability to choose IPv6
preferences.  I wondered why I couldn't do the same with wired
connections and lo and behold, I can.

That said, I think I might change my setup to match Abraham's.

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