The new version is in Ubuntu now
** Changed in: manpages (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: manpages (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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Fixed in debian package manpages/3.74-1
See [1], [2] and [3]
[1]
https://sources.debian.net/src/manpages/3.74-1/debian/patches/debian-changes/#L17
[2]
https://sources.debian.net/src/manpages/3.74-1/debian/patches/debian-changes/#L240
[3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=764844
** Changed in: manpages (Debian)
Status: Unknown = Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785901
Title:
motd(5) mentions motd.tail which isn't avaialble anymore
To
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: manpages (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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Title:
I accidentally made a report about the same problem. It's marked as duplicate
now.
I really hope someone who knows how motd works will rewrite the man page that
applies to all users and that everyone can understand. For now I'm going to
leave put my idea's about changing motd in the fridge
/etc/update-motd.d/99-footer will still pull in /etc/motd.tail if it
exists.
I don't see any reason why this would change or why this requires
documentation to be removed and/or changed.
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Alice want to change the motd on her server. The manpage motd(5) tells
her that the contents of this file are regenerated upon every system
boot based on the contents of /etc/motd.tail and links to motd.tail(5).
That manpage tells her that /etc/motd.tail is the file to edit
permanent changes to
