[Bug 711630] Re: manpage for motd.tail refers to /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh which does not exist

[Matthew Fischer]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed
in a more recent version of Ubuntu - Precise (12.04).  Manpages
3.35-0.1ubuntu1 fixes this issue.

This is a significant bug in Ubuntu. If you need a fix for the bug in
previous versions of Ubuntu, please do steps 1 and 2 of the SRU
Procedure [1] to bring the need to a developer's attention.

[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure

** Changed in: manpages (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  manpage for motd.tail refers to /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh which does not
  exist

Status in “manpages” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: manpages

  The man page for motd.tail says:
  OVERVIEW
         The  initiation script /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh prepends a line contain‐
         ing information about the  system  to  /etc/motd.tail  and  stores  the
         resulting  file  in  /var/run/motd.  /etc/motd  is  a  symbolic link to
         /var/run/motd.  This is done to prevent changes to /etc as  the  system
         can not assume /etc to be writable.

  But I can't find  /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh

  So either the man page is wrong because  /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh is
  not used anymore or the manpage should mention that that file may not
  exist and tell what is then performing the templating from
  /etc/motd.tail to /var/run/motd.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: manpages 3.23-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-27.49-generic 2.6.32.26+drm33.12
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Feb  1 22:37:10 2011
  Dependencies:
   
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_CA.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: manpages

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