DHCP fall back to link-local? (IPv4)

[Marc Herbert <Marc Herbert gmail com>]

Hi,

 Is there any way to tell Network Manager to fall back on link-local
configuration when DHCP fails? Something like:

        <entry name="method" type="string">
                <stringvalue>auto,link-local</stringvalue>

I have browsed mailing list archives and bug trackers for ages but found
only old and conflicting information. Any help?

I am running version 0.7.0.99 release 5.git20090326.fc10. Either "auto"
or "link-local" works fine; but I would like to get both! (More exactly
one after the other)


By the way I am not able to get rid of the "Auto eth0" phantom
connection. Is this a problem? I think it could be related because in the
lack of a DHCP server my personal "auto" connection is falling back on
this phantom connection (which obviously fails the same).

Thanks a lot in advance.

Cheers,

Marc