I can confirm that the xenial, bionic, focal and hirsute packages are working as expected.
To perform the verification I have used the following script: -------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh set -x series=xenial name=$series-dev function generate_motd_message() { message=$1 echo "-----------------------------------------------------------" echo $message lxc exec $name -- /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available --force lxc exec $name -- update-motd echo "-----------------------------------------------------------" } function turn_distro_into_esm_mode() { # guarantee that xenial distro is on ESM mode lxc exec $name -- sed -i 's/is_esm_supported and is_not_currently_supported/True #comment/' /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check } function turn_distro_into_non_esm_mode() { # guarantee that xenial distro is on ESM mode lxc exec $name -- sed -i 's/True #comment/False/' /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check } function setup_update_notifier() { lxc exec $name -- sh -c "cat <<EOF >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-$series-proposed.list deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ $series-proposed restricted main multiverse universe" lxc exec $name -- apt update lxc exec $name -- sh -c "apt install update-notifier -yq > /dev/null" } function install_ua_from_branch() { lxc exec $name --cwd /var/tmp/uac -- apt-get update lxc exec $name --cwd /var/tmp/uac -- apt-get install make lxc exec $name -- git clone https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-advantage-client.git /var/tmp/uac lxc exec $name --cwd /var/tmp/uac -- sh -c "make deps > /dev/null" lxc exec $name --cwd /var/tmp/uac -- sh -c "DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc > /dev/null" lxc exec $name -- apt-get remove ubuntu-advantage-tools --assume-yes lxc exec $name --cwd /var/tmp/uac -- dpkg -i /var/tmp/ubuntu-advantage-tools_27.0_amd64.deb lxc exec $name -- ua version } function install_ua() { lxc exec $name -- add-apt-repository ppa:ua-client/daily -y lxc exec $name -- sudo apt-get update lxc exec $name -- sudo apt-get install ubuntu-advantage-tools -y lxc exec $name -- ua version lxc exec $name -- sudo apt-get update } function ua_disable_esm_apps() { lxc exec $name -- sudo ua disable esm-apps } function install_all_upgrades() { lxc exec $name -- sudo sh -c "apt update > /dev/null" lxc exec $name -- sudo sh -c "apt upgrade -y > /dev/null" } function ua_attach() { lxc exec $name -- sed -i 's/contracts.can/contracts.staging.can/' /etc/ubuntu-advantage/uaclient.conf lxc exec $name -- ua attach $UACLIENT_BEHAVE_CONTRACT_TOKEN_STAGING } function ua_detach() { lxc exec $name -- ua detach --assume-yes } function generate_ua_motd_messages() { lxc exec $name -- python3 /usr/lib/ubuntu-advantage/ua_update_messaging.py } function install_update_motd() { lxc exec $name -- apt install update-motd -yq } function turn_esm_apps_into_non_beta() { lxc exec $name -- sh -c "echo 'features:\n allow_beta: true' >> /etc/ubuntu-advantage/uaclient.conf" } function update_contract_effectiveto() { operation=$1 num_days=$2 replace_date=$(date -d "$date $operation$num_days days" +"%Y-%m-%dT00:00:00Z") echo $replace_date lxc exec $name -- sed -i "s/\"effectiveTo\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"effectiveTo\": \"$replace_date\"/g" /var/lib/ubuntu-advantage/private/machine-token.json } lxc delete --force $name lxc launch ubuntu-daily:$series $name sleep 10 setup_update_notifier install_update_motd generate_motd_message "$series: ua not installed" install_ua turn_esm_apps_into_non_beta generate_ua_motd_messages turn_distro_into_esm_mode generate_motd_message "$series esm: ua not attached" ua_attach generate_ua_motd_messages generate_motd_message "$series esm: ua attached" ua_disable_esm_apps generate_ua_motd_messages generate_motd_message "$series esm: ua attached, apps disabled" turn_distro_into_non_esm_mode ua_detach generate_ua_motd_messages generate_motd_message "$series non-esm: ua not attached" ua_attach generate_ua_motd_messages generate_motd_message "$series non-esm: ua attached" update_contract_effectiveto - 30 generate_ua_motd_messages generate_motd_message "$series esm: ua attached - contract expired" update_contract_effectiveto - 5 generate_ua_motd_messages generate_motd_message "$series esm: ua attached - contract grace period" update_contract_effectiveto + 5 generate_ua_motd_messages generate_motd_message "$series esm: ua attached - contract expire soon" install_all_upgrades generate_ua_motd_messages generate_motd_message "$series esm: ua attached - all upgrades installed" set +x ----------------------------- I verified the messages and they are consistent with the modifications delivered by the proposed package ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-focal verification-needed-hirsute verification-needed-xenial ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-bionic verification-done-focal verification-done-hirsute verification-done-xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1926819 Title: Empty MOTD on up-to-date systems (includes fix) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1926819/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs