I've verified this for Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) and it is good. bdmurray@clean-disco-amd64:~$ systemctl list-timers motd* --all NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES Wed 2019-07-17 03:06:29 PDT 11h left Tue 2019-07-16 15:43:04 PDT 2min 44s ago motd-news.timer motd-news.service
1 timers listed. bdmurray@clean-disco-amd64:~$ systemctl list-timers motd* --all NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES Wed 2019-07-17 16:23:31 PDT 8h left Wed 2019-07-17 03:07:01 PDT 4h 36min ago motd-news.timer motd-news.service 1 timers listed. bdmurray@clean-disco-amd64:~$ ls -lh /var/cache/motd-news -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169 Jul 17 03:07 /var/cache/motd-news bdmurray@clean-disco-amd64:~$ apt-cache policy base-files base-files: Installed: 10.1ubuntu9.1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829968 Title: motd [on at least some instances] does not auto-update daily To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1829968/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
