This bug was fixed in the package base-files - 9.6ubuntu101 --------------- base-files (9.6ubuntu101) artful; urgency=medium
* update-motd.d/50-news: Fix LP: #1691901 - when the curl fails (perhaps due to a firewall issue), we should create an empty cache file, so that subsequent runs are not penalized; ensure that we *only* print when we're not forced -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkl...@ubuntu.com> Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:35:06 -0500 ** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu Artful) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1691901 Title: [SRU] 50-motd-news costs 5 seconds every login on firewalled systems To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1691901/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs