If the "order in which dns servers are queried" is flawed, as you've discovered. That might be the root cause of a lot of other outstanding bugs:
VPN - "Additional DNS servers" Settings are being Ignored: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager-applet/+bug/1633874 network-manager ignoring DNS settings in wifi connections: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1629276 VPN - "Additional Search Domains" Settings are being Ignored: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager-applet/+bug/1633877 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1629611 Title: dns server priority broken To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1629611/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
