This bug was fixed in the package base-files - 9.6ubuntu101
--------------- base-files (9.6ubuntu101) artful; urgency=medium
* update-motd.d/50-news: Fix LP: #1691901 - when the curl fails (perhaps due to a firewall issue), we should create an empty cache file, so that subsequent runs are not penalized; ensure that we *only* print when we're not forced
-- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:35:06 -0500
This bug was fixed in the package base-files - 9.6ubuntu101
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base-files (9.6ubuntu101) artful; urgency=medium
* update- motd.d/ 50-news: Fix LP: #1691901
- when the curl fails (perhaps due to a firewall issue), we should
create an empty cache file, so that subsequent runs are not
penalized; ensure that we *only* print when we're not forced
-- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:35:06 -0500