FS#72870 - [filesystem] remove /etc/motd (or move it to /usr/lib/motd)
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Opened by nl6720 (nl6720) - Monday, 29 November 2021, 09:40 GMT
Last edited by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Monday, 06 December 2021, 23:15 GMT
Opened by nl6720 (nl6720) - Monday, 29 November 2021, 09:40 GMT
Last edited by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Monday, 06 December 2021, 23:15 GMT
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Description:
After 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 |
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Closed by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Monday, 06 December 2021, 23:15 GMT
Reason for closing: Implemented
Monday, 06 December 2021, 23:15 GMT
Reason for closing: Implemented
Comment by nl6720 (nl6720) -
Monday, 29 November 2021, 09:44 GMT
Comment by
Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) -
Monday, 06 December 2021, 22:19 GMT
To move it to /usr/lib/motd instead of removing it, see attached
diff.
Let's drop it. I see no reason to keep an empty file.