[Bug 794988] Re: Duplication due to generated motd.tail

[Steve Langasek]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 659738 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659738

** Package changed: pam (Ubuntu) => sysvinit (Ubuntu)

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 659738
   Duplicate welcome message in motd (caused by postinst script creating motd.tail file)

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Title:
  Duplication due to generated motd.tail

Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: libpam-modules

  Although I deleted /etc/motd.tail, a recent upgrade using aptitude
  recreated it (presumably some package's post-install script created
  it). This is annoying because its contents is as follows:

      $ cat /etc/motd.tail 
      Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS

      Welcome to Ubuntu!
       * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/

  This is a duplicate of information printed by the scripts in /etc
  /update-motd.d/, so some info is printed twice when I log in:

      Linux eventbookingonline 2.6.32.16-linode28 #1 SMP [...snip...]
      Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS

      Welcome to Ubuntu!
       * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/
      Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS

      Welcome to Ubuntu!
       * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/
      Last login: [...snip...]

  Surely this is wrong: as I understand it, /etc/motd.tail is supposed
  to be for static content added by the local system-administrator and
  should not be touched by scripts.

  
  VERSION INFO

      $ lsb_release -rd
      Description:	Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
      Release:	10.04

      $ apt-cache policy libpam-modules
      libpam-modules:
        Installed: 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.3
        Candidate: 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.3
        Version table:
       *** 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.3 0
              500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
              500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
              100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
           1.1.1-2ubuntu2 0
              500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

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