--- initscripts.postinst.orig   2012-05-17 00:22:20.905778000 +0900
+++ initscripts.postinst        2012-05-17 00:23:18.485778001 +0900
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
        # file during the initscripts 2.87dsf-4ubuntu18 postinst script,
        # so it should be removed. Give up if the help-text template
        # generator is missing or produces no output.
-       help_text=$(/etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text 2>/dev/null || true)
+       help_text=$(/etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text 2>/dev/null | sed -e '/^ *$/d' || true)
        if [ -n "$help_text" ] && fgrep -q "$help_text" /etc/motd.tail
        then
                rm -f /etc/motd.tail