[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#624391: initscripts: postinst dupes /etc/motd into /etc/motd.tail - /etc/motd.tail removed after recent update?

[Robert Sajan]

After completion of a recent update on my ubuntu servers I noticed that in
fact /etc/motd.tail had been removed (via intrusion detection file check I
run after any update, also compared to daily checks).

The update I ran on my servers consisted of the following packages:

grub-common grub-pc initscripts libxml2 sysv-rc sysvinit-utils

I am not sure which one of those packages is responsible for removing
motd.tail, but searching for /etc/motd.tail led me to initscripts and the
discussion in this thread. Curious if any fixes implemented to the problems
mentioned in this thread included removal of /etc/motd.tail??

My assumptions are that...
- /etc/motd.tail can be modified by a sys admin for their own use
- removal of /etc/motd.tail during a package update is not desired behavior
(at least not without asking the user first)

I apologize if I'm barking up the wrong tree with this observation here on
this thread, but thought I should post it somewhere. Perhaps one of you can
advise where else I could post.

Thank you.
-Rob
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