Ubuntu
base-files package

base-files.postinst links to non-existent /var/run/motd

Bug #614486 reported by Kevin Cole
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base-files (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: base-files

base-files.postinst issues a

ln -sf /var/run/motd /etc/motd

without verifying that /var/run/motd exists.

The file doesn't exist on my clean install of Lucid, resulting in a broken link.

initscripts.postinst looks like it's supposed to create /var/run/motd from the contents of /etc/motd, which sounds a bit circular...

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/natty/base-files
Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)
Changed in base-files (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package base-files - 5.0.0ubuntu25

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base-files (5.0.0ubuntu25) natty; urgency=low

  * debian/update-motd.d/00-header, debian/update-motd.d/10-help-text,
    debian/update-motd.d/99-footer:
    - add copyright/license header
    - simplify/shorten text, LP: #578264
    - speed up boot by having 00-header source /etc/lsb-release, if possible,
      and only using lsb_release as a fall back, LP: #617410, #664492
  * debian/postinst.in: ensure that /var/run/motd is populated on package
    install/upgrade, LP: #614486
 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:43:01 -0500

Changed in base-files (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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