tags 541455 patch thanks On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:18:33PM +1000, Trent W. Buck wrote: > AFAICT, bootlog is now responsible for creating /var/run/motd. > The motd(5) manpage should be updated to reflect this.
A patch is attached amending motd.tail(5), which is the actual page referencing /var/run/motd and bootmisc. Geoff
diff -u manpages-3.24/man5/motd.tail.5 manpages-3.24/man5/motd.tail.5 --- manpages-3.24/man5/motd.tail.5 +++ manpages-3.24/man5/motd.tail.5 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ information. \fI/etc/motd.tail\fP is the file to edit permanent changes to the message of the day. .SH OVERVIEW -The initiation script \fI/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh\fP prepends a line +The initiation script \fI/etc/init.d/bootlogs\fP prepends a line containing information about the system to \fI/etc/motd.tail\fP and stores the resulting file in \fI/var/run/motd\fP. \fI/etc/motd\fP is a symbolic link to \fI/var/run/motd\fP. This is done to prevent @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ disables this behaviour. .SH FILES .TP -.I /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh +.I /etc/init.d/bootlogs The initiation script which builds /var/run/motd .TP .I /etc/motd
