[Bug 813282] [NEW] base-files: /etc/update-motd.d/* should be conffiles

[Malcolm Scott]

Public bug reported:

base-files (5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.4) installs the following files in /etc:

  /etc/update-motd.d/00-header
  /etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text
  /etc/update-motd.d/99-footer

but it does not list them as conffiles, so upgrades to base-files
clobber any local changes (e.g. I tend to comment out the help text on
servers where I offer my own documentation).

Please add these to debian/conffiles.

The same may apply to /etc/legal, unless this has been intentionally
omitted.

** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  base-files: /etc/update-motd.d/* should be conffiles

Status in “base-files” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  base-files (5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.4) installs the following files in
  /etc:

    /etc/update-motd.d/00-header
    /etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text
    /etc/update-motd.d/99-footer

  but it does not list them as conffiles, so upgrades to base-files
  clobber any local changes (e.g. I tend to comment out the help text on
  servers where I offer my own documentation).

  Please add these to debian/conffiles.

  The same may apply to /etc/legal, unless this has been intentionally
  omitted.

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