[Bug 1832886] Re: 50-motd-news always called with --force

[Steve Langasek]

No.  The --force option is passed when called from the service.  It is
NOT passed when the script is called via update-motd during login.

** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  50-motd-news always called with --force

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I was looking at the motd-news.service file and 50-motd-news recently
  and discovered that 50-motd-news is always called with --force.

  bdmurray at clean-disco-amd64:~$ systemctl cat motd-news.service
  # /lib/systemd/system/motd-news.service
  [Unit]
  Description=Message of the Day
  After=network-online.target
  Documentation=man:update-motd(8)

  [Service]
  Type=oneshot
  ExecStart=/etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force

  However, 50-motd-news leads one to believe that it would be faster if
  it were not called with --force.

  "
  # If we're not forcing an update, and we have a cached motd-news file,
  # then just print it and exit as quickly as possible, for login performance.
  # Note that systemd should keep this cache file up to date, asynchronously
  if [ "$FORCED" != "1" ]; then
          if [ -r $CACHE ]; then
                  echo
                  safe_print $CACHE
          else
                  : > $CACHE
          fi
          exit 0
  fi
  "

  So is login performance being degraded since 50-motd-news is always
  called with --force?

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