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FS#72870 - [filesystem] remove /etc/motd (or move it to /usr/lib/motd)

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by nl6720 (nl6720) - Monday, 29 November 2021, 09:40 GMT
Last edited by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Monday, 06 December 2021, 23:15 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:

After  FS#72707  , pam_motd now shows not just /etc/motd, but other motd files too and allows for overrides. See https://man.archlinux.org/man/pam_motd.8 .
Normally I'd suggest moving /etc/motd to /usr/lib/motd (since /usr/lib/ is package manager territory so it's more appropriate there), but the packaged motd file is empty, it can be simply removed instead.
This also allows getting rid of /usr/share/factory/etc/motd and removing /etc/motd from backup files.

See attached PKGBUILD diff.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.
* link to upstream bug report, if any
filesystem 2021.11.11-1
pambase 20211111-1


Steps to reproduce:
$ pacman -Ql filesystem
   filesystem-motd.diff (4 KiB)
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Closed by  Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Monday, 06 December 2021, 23:15 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Comment by nl6720 (nl6720) - Monday, 29 November 2021, 09:44 GMT
To move it to /usr/lib/motd instead of removing it, see attached diff.
   filesystem-usr_lib_motd.diff (3.5 KiB)
Comment by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Monday, 06 December 2021, 22:19 GMT
Let's drop it. I see no reason to keep an empty file.

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