[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#437176: There should be a way to disable automatic update

[Rafael Almeida]

As it currently stands I cannot have a fully customized motd (unless I
change /etc/motd to a regular file or point somewhere else). It seems
very silly to me that I cannot edit /etc/motd and have it done with.
It's a very simple feature, I have no point in all this mess that was
made around it.

I've chosen to change it to a regular file in the system I administer.
I'm not too sure what will happen when the package is updated some
day. Will it be changed back? I suspect it will. Couldn't this be done
in a way that you are able to keep whatever you want as motd even if
there are packages updates?