>just to add, i've now confirmed that adding the dependency on manifest-import >to routing-setup cau ses this problem to go away on a system that was previously exhibiting the routing configuration up grade failure. is this right thing to do? thanks!
No, that seems to me to be the wrong thing to do; that way, everything would need to depend on manifest-import because of potential future changes. But it does suggest that perhaps manifest import should be more of a choke point during boot Casper