** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to base-files in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1847216 Title: motd-news only works with one URL even though docs say mutiple URLs can be configured Status in base-files package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: The motd-news script etc/update-motd/50-motd-news the following section ``` # Loop over any configured URLs for u in $URLS; do # Ensure https:// protocol, for security reasons case $u in https://*) true ;; https://motd.ubuntu.com) u="$u/$codename/$arch" ;; *) continue ;; esac # If we're forced, set the wait to much higher (1 minute) [ "$FORCED" = "1" ] && WAIT=60 # Fetch and print the news motd if curl --connect-timeout "$WAIT" --max-time "$WAIT" -A "$USER_AGENT" -o- "$u" >"$NEWS" 2>"$ERR"; then echo # At most, 10 lines of text, remove control characters, print at most 80 characters per line safe_print "$NEWS" # Try to update the cache safe_print "$NEWS" 2>/dev/null >$CACHE || true else : > "$CACHE" fi done ``` As you can see the $CACHE gets overwritten if multiple URLs are configured in /etc/default/motd-news /etc/default/motd-news has ``` # Configure the source of dynamic MOTD news # White space separated list of 0 to many news services # For security reasons, these must be https # and have a valid certificate # Canonical runs a service at motd.ubuntu.com, and you # can easily run one too URLS="https://motd.ubuntu.com" ``` To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1847216/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp