On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 06:38:49PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 02:23:16AM +0200, Jean-Christophe Dubacq wrote: > > > This one was a bit hard to track down. After a while, my /etc/motd > > > would be reduced to one empty line or info about packages updates.
> > > It happens that pam_motd executes /etc/update-motd.d if it exists (with > > > run-parts) but nothing in this directory rebuilds the standard motd. > I did not know this. > > > This could be a bug in update-notifier-common, or in pam (not providing > > > a small file such as: > > > ebene:~$ cat /etc/update-motd.d/00-header > > > #!/bin/sh > > > uname -snrvm > > > [ -f /etc/motd.tail ] && cat /etc/motd.tail > > Yes, I think this is a bug in update-notifier-common for shipping this file > > in Debian without having an appropriate versioned dep on something that > > builds the main part of the motd. Reassigning. > Is there something that builds it? In Debian, I don't think there is yet (and if not, update-notifier-common should avoid shipping this code in Debian). In Ubuntu, /etc/update-motd.d/00-header is provided as part of base-files, since that's the package which owns /etc/motd historically. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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