[Bug 785901] Re: motd(5) mentions motd.tail which isn't avaialble anymore

[Sir_Ragnarok]

I accidentally made a report about the same problem. It's marked as duplicate now. 
I really hope someone who knows how motd works will rewrite the man page that applies to all users and that everyone can understand. For now I'm going to leave put my idea's about changing motd in the fridge until this is resolved.

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Title:
  motd(5) mentions motd.tail which isn't avaialble anymore

Status in “manpages” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: manpages

  motd(5) says: "The  contents of this file are regenerated upon every
  system boot based on the contents of /etc/motd.tail." This is not true
  anymore, as Ubuntu uses the update-motd framework. Any reference to
  motd.tail should be replaced with a reference to the update-motd
  framework or update-motd(5). The manpage for motd.tail should be
  removed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: manpages 3.27-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri May 20 19:49:34 2011
  Dependencies:
   
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/zsh
  SourcePackage: manpages
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (20 days ago)

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