update-motd not updating /etc/motd after LTS upgrade

[Helmut Schneider]

compdoc wrote:

> > But after deleting /etc/motd and logging in again, the file is not
> > recreated:
> 
> /etc/motd is a link and should not be deleted:
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root       13 Apr 28 10:40 motd -> /var/run/motd

I removed both.

> Also, if there is a file named /etc/motd.tail, it can prevent the
> file from being generated.

I know, but the file does not exist as /etc/motd* doesn't.