Yes, manpages for both motd and motd.tail are outdated and reflect the mechanism available in Debian, not the one in Ubuntu.
** Changed in: manpages (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: manpages (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/711630 Title: manpage for motd.tail refers to /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh which does not exist -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs