I installed initscripts 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.4 out of lucid-proposed onto two different Lucid VMs.
On the first there was no /etc/motd.tail file, and the installation of v17.4 did not create one. On the second I had left a copy of the bogus motd.tail file generated by the 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.3 upgrade, and the installation of v17.4 did delete the file as expected. Afterwards I rebooted both VMs, and they appear to have run all the startup scripts properly as they came back up.... (I actually installed all three packages generated from this source [initscripts, sysv-rc, and sysvinit-utils].) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659738 Title: Duplicate welcome message in motd (caused by postinst script creating motd.tail file) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/659738/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs