I've generated a debdiff, a deb, and tested it on my computer. After using it to add the interface normally, I found it to add "auto <iface>" at the bottom, but the configuration for iface is in somewhere in the middle. While that's not exactly desirable, it has the desired effect.
** Attachment added: "gnome-system-tools.debdiff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13402414/gnome-system-tools.debdiff -- Setting static IP in Network Settings doesn't produce correct data https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185854 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