Bug#624391: initscripts: postinst dupes /etc/motd into /etc/motd.tail - /etc/motd.tail removed after recent update?

2011-06-20 Thread Robert Sajan
After completion of a recent update on my ubuntu servers I noticed that in fact /etc/motd.tail had been removed (via intrusion detection file check I run after any update, also compared to daily checks). The update I ran on my servers consisted of the following packages: grub-common grub-pc

Bug#624391: initscripts: postinst dupes /etc/motd into /etc/motd.tail

2011-06-08 Thread Nathan Stratton Treadway
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 22:09:22 +1000, Kel Modderman wrote: On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:44:15 PM Andrew Pollock wrote: In short, I don't think the postinst should be creating an /etc/motd.tail if one doesn't exist already. I do not completely understand this statement. Do you mean: postinst

Bug#624391: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#624391: initscripts: postinst dupes /etc/motd into /etc/motd.tail

2011-04-30 Thread Kel Modderman
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:44:15 PM Andrew Pollock wrote: Package: initscripts Version: 2.86.ds1-61 Severity: minor I encountered this bug on Ubuntu 10.04, but the maintainer script in question appears unmodified from Debian. Basically, the postinst of initscripts appears to copy the

Bug#624391: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#624391: initscripts: postinst dupes /etc/motd into /etc/motd.tail

2011-04-30 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 10:09:22PM +1000, Kel Modderman wrote: On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:44:15 PM Andrew Pollock wrote: Package: initscripts Version: 2.86.ds1-61 Severity: minor I encountered this bug on Ubuntu 10.04, but the maintainer script in question appears unmodified from Debian.

Bug#624391: initscripts: postinst dupes /etc/motd into /etc/motd.tail

2011-04-27 Thread Andrew Pollock
Package: initscripts Version: 2.86.ds1-61 Severity: minor I encountered this bug on Ubuntu 10.04, but the maintainer script in question appears unmodified from Debian. Basically, the postinst of initscripts appears to copy the contents of /etc/motd into /etc/motd.tail, if it doesn't exist. This