I think that the issue is still happening as I have done a dist-upgrade and had a motd $ ls -al /etc/motd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2009-03-23 15:22 /etc/motd -> /var/run/motd I have now replace the motd file for the third (3) time and it still reads:
Linux brwebd1 2.6.32-21-generic-pae #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 09:39:35 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) Welcome to Ubuntu! * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ -- FFe: /etc/motd contains duplicate welcome/documentation blurbs on lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550561 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs