This bug was fixed in the package base-files - 11ubuntu7 --------------- base-files (11ubuntu7) groovy; urgency=medium
[ Simon Deziel ] * motd/50-motd-news: abort early if curl is missing (LP: #1875644) -- Andreas Hasenack <andr...@canonical.com> Wed, 06 May 2020 09:25:15 -0300 ** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- 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/1875644 Title: motd-news complains that curl is missing Status in base-files package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Description: motd-news complains that curl is missing on every run. motd-news.timer firing every ~12 hours, this useless message ends up in the logs regularly. Steps to reproduce: $ lxc launch images:ubuntu/focal motd Creating motd Starting motd $ lxc exec motd -- /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force dpkg-query: no packages found matching curl This should output nothing. Additional information: # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Release: 20.04 # apt-cache policy base-files base-files: Installed: 11ubuntu5 Candidate: 11ubuntu5 Version table: *** 11ubuntu5 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1875644/+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