update-motd doubles the motd after upgrade from lucid to maverick
Bug #668055 reported by
Kees Cook
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #659738: Duplicate welcome message in motd (caused by postinst script creating motd.tail file).
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pam (Ubuntu) |
New
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
| Maverick |
New
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
| Natty |
New
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Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
A stock server installed with Lucid and upgraded to Maverick will show the following for its /etc/motd file:
Ubuntu 10.10
Welcome to Ubuntu!
* Documentation: https:/
Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Welcome to Ubuntu!
* Documentation: https:/
*** System restart required ***
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: libpam-modules 1.1.1-4ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 28 17:21:33 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100406)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pam
Revision history for this message
| Kees Cook (kees) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in pam (Ubuntu Maverick): | |
| milestone: | none → maverick-updates |
| Changed in pam (Ubuntu Natty): | |
| milestone: | none → natty-alpha-2 |
| Changed in pam (Ubuntu Maverick): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| Changed in pam (Ubuntu Natty): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Revision history for this message
| Kees Cook (kees) wrote | #2 |
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The quick fix for this is to wipe out /etc/motd.tail