** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1847216
Title:
motd-news only works with one URL even though docs say mutiple URLs
can be configured
Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
The motd-news script etc/update-motd/50-motd-news
the following section
```
# Loop over any configured URLs
for u in $URLS; do
# Ensure https:// protocol, for security reasons
case $u in
https://*)
true
;;
https://motd.ubuntu.com)
u="$u/$codename/$arch"
;;
*)
continue
;;
esac
# If we're forced, set the wait to much higher (1 minute)
[ "$FORCED" = "1" ] && WAIT=60
# Fetch and print the news motd
if curl --connect-timeout "$WAIT" --max-time "$WAIT" -A "$USER_AGENT"
-o- "$u" >"$NEWS" 2>"$ERR"; then
echo
# At most, 10 lines of text, remove control characters, print
at most 80 characters per line
safe_print "$NEWS"
# Try to update the cache
safe_print "$NEWS" 2>/dev/null >$CACHE || true
else
: > "$CACHE"
fi
done
```
As you can see the $CACHE gets overwritten if multiple URLs are
configured in /etc/default/motd-news
/etc/default/motd-news has
```
# Configure the source of dynamic MOTD news
# White space separated list of 0 to many news services
# For security reasons, these must be https
# and have a valid certificate
# Canonical runs a service at motd.ubuntu.com, and you
# can easily run one too
URLS="https://motd.ubuntu.com";
```
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