double information in motd

[Marc Deslauriers]

Hi,

On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 10:23 +0200, Alvin wrote:
> If I log in remotely, some servers show double statistics for apt, like this:
> 
> 	0 packages can be updated.
> 	0 updates are security updates.
> 
> 	0 packages can be updated.
> 	0 updates are security updates.
> 
> /var/run/motd contains the duplicate information.
> /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available contains the command 
> that produces this output (/usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-
> readable)
> 
> Any idea why this output appears twice?

You probably installed lucid when it was in alpha/beta.

Check to see if your /etc/motd.tail file is empty. If not, empty it.

Marc.