[Bug 1932075] [NEW] 50-motd-news only displays last URL

[John Bartoszewski]

Public bug reported:

50-motd-news loops through a list of URLs attempting to save each to a CACHE file.
But the script overwrites CACHE so only the last URL received is saved.

The loop:
for u in $URLS; do ...

Where it overwrites CACHE instead of appending to it:

safe_print "$NEWS" 2>/dev/null >$CACHE || true

and

: > "$CACHE"

** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  50-motd-news only displays last URL

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  50-motd-news loops through a list of URLs attempting to save each to a CACHE file.
  But the script overwrites CACHE so only the last URL received is saved.

  The loop:
  for u in $URLS; do ...

  Where it overwrites CACHE instead of appending to it:

  safe_print "$NEWS" 2>/dev/null >$CACHE || true

  and

  : > "$CACHE"

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