Bionic verification
This verification is quite long, given the amount of tests involved.
TL;DR All tests from (a) to (j) passed as required.
bionic verification succeeded.
Latest updates from bionic:
base-files:
*** 10.1ubuntu2.9 500
500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64
Packages
and
ubuntu-server:
*** 1.417.4 500
500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64
Packages
a) base-files installed, ubuntu-server installed, unmodified /e/d/motd-news
apt install base-files
- upgrades ubuntu-server
- installs motd-news-config
- /e/d/motd-news remains, motd-news remains enabled
Starting point:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -l base-files ubuntu-server
motd-news-config | grep ^ii
dpkg-query: no packages found matching motd-news-config
ii base-files 10.1ubuntu2.9 amd64 Debian base system miscellaneous
files
ii ubuntu-server 1.417.4 amd64 The Ubuntu Server system
Unmodified config:
$ dpkg -s base-files | grep /etc/default/motd-news; echo -n ' '; md5sum
/etc/default/motd-news | awk '{print $2,$1}'
/etc/default/motd-news c08a329a603b640095da5ffe4e73491c
/etc/default/motd-news c08a329a603b640095da5ffe4e73491c
Installing base-files pulls in motd-news-config and upgrades base-files and
ubuntu-server:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo apt install base-files
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
motd-news-config ubuntu-server
Recommended packages:
grub-legacy-ec2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
motd-news-config
The following packages will be upgraded:
base-files ubuntu-server
2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded
motd-news remains enabled:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force
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config is now part of motd-news-config package:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -s motd-news-config | grep
/etc/default/motd-news; echo -n ' '; md5sum /etc/default/motd-news | awk
'{print $2,$1}'
/etc/default/motd-news c08a329a603b640095da5ffe4e73491c
/etc/default/motd-news c08a329a603b640095da5ffe4e73491c
b) base-files installed, ubuntu-server installed, modified /e/d/motd-news
apt install base-files
- upgrades ubuntu-server
- installs motd-news-config
- /e/d/motd-news remains with the original modification
Starting point:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -l base-files ubuntu-server
motd-news-config | grep ^ii
dpkg-query: no packages found matching motd-news-config
ii base-files 10.1ubuntu2.9 amd64 Debian base system miscellaneous
files
ii ubuntu-server 1.417.4 amd64 The Ubuntu Server system
Modified config:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo sed -i "s,^ENABLED=.*,ENABLED=0,"
/etc/default/motd-news
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -s base-files | grep
/etc/default/motd-news; echo -n ' '; md5sum /etc/default/motd-news | awk
'{print $2,$1}'
/etc/default/motd-news c08a329a603b640095da5ffe4e73491c
/etc/default/motd-news e2d38a5c7454c64a967d6a2fe033558f
motd-news disabled with that modification:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ echo $?
0
Running apt install base-files also pulls in motd-news-config and upgrades
ubuntu-server:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo apt install base-files
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
motd-news-config ubuntu-server
Recommended packages:
grub-legacy-ec2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
motd-news-config
The following packages will be upgraded:
base-files ubuntu-server
2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
Config file now belongs to motd-news-config, and is still flagged as modified:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -s motd-news-config | grep
/etc/default/motd-news; echo -n ' '; md5sum /etc/default/motd-news | awk
'{print $2,$1}'
/etc/default/motd-news c08a329a603b640095da5ffe4e73491c
/etc/default/motd-news e2d38a5c7454c64a967d6a2fe033558f
And motd-news remains disabled because of the modification:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ echo $?
0
And no other config file is in /e/d:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ ls -la /etc/default/motd-news*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 682 Aug 25 19:26 /etc/default/motd-news
c) base-files installed, ubuntu-server not installed, unmodified /e/d/motd-news
apt install base-files
- upgrades base-files
- removes /e/d/motd-news
- motd-news is disabled
Starting point:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -l base-files ubuntu-server
motd-news-config | grep ^ii
dpkg-query: no packages found matching ubuntu-server
dpkg-query: no packages found matching motd-news-config
ii base-files 10.1ubuntu2.9 amd64 Debian base system miscellaneous
files
Unmodified config:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -s base-files | grep
/etc/default/motd-news; echo -n ' '; md5sum /etc/default/motd-news | awk
'{print $2,$1}'
/etc/default/motd-news c08a329a603b640095da5ffe4e73491c
/etc/default/motd-news c08a329a603b640095da5ffe4e73491c
apt install base-files upgrades base-files and only that:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo apt install base-files
...
The following packages will be upgraded:
base-files
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
Config file is gone, motd-news is disabled:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ ls -la /etc/default/motd-news*
ls: cannot access '/etc/default/motd-news*': No such file or directory
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ echo $?
0
d) base-files installed, ubuntu-server not installed, modified /e/d/motd-news
apt install base-files
- upgrades base-files
- /e/d/motd-news gets renamed to backup
- motd-news is disabled
Starting point:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -l base-files ubuntu-server
motd-news-config | grep ^ii
dpkg-query: no packages found matching ubuntu-server
dpkg-query: no packages found matching motd-news-config
ii base-files 10.1ubuntu2.9 amd64 Debian base system miscellaneous
files
Modified config:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo sed -i "s,^ENABLED=.*,ENABLED=0,"
/etc/default/motd-news
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -s base-files | grep
/etc/default/motd-news; echo -n ' '; md5sum /etc/default/motd-news | awk
'{print $2,$1}'
/etc/default/motd-news c08a329a603b640095da5ffe4e73491c
/etc/default/motd-news e2d38a5c7454c64a967d6a2fe033558f
Due to the modification, motd-news is disabled:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ echo $?
0
apt install base-files upgrades just base-files, and leaves a backup config
around:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo apt install base-files
...
The following packages will be upgraded:
base-files
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
motd-news remains disabled, since there is just the renamed config file around
now:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ echo $?
0
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ ls -la /etc/default/motd-news*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 682 Aug 25 19:31 /etc/default/motd-news.dpkg-bak
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$
e) removing motd-news-config will also remove ubuntu-server (since it's a
depends, and not a recommends)
Starting point:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -l base-files ubuntu-server
motd-news-config | grep ^ii
ii base-files 10.1ubuntu2.10 amd64 Debian base system
miscellaneous files
ii motd-news-config 10.1ubuntu2.10 all Configuration for motd-news
shipped in base-files
ii ubuntu-server 1.417.5 amd64 The Ubuntu Server system
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo apt remove motd-news-config
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
motd-news-config ubuntu-server
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
f) upgrading just ubuntu-server should pull motd-news-config in, and
force-upgrade base-files
Starting point:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -l base-files ubuntu-server
motd-news-config | grep ^ii
dpkg-query: no packages found matching motd-news-config
ii base-files 10.1ubuntu2.9 amd64 Debian base system miscellaneous
files
ii ubuntu-server 1.417.4 amd64 The Ubuntu Server system
ubuntu-server pulls in motd-news-config and also upgrades base-files:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo apt install ubuntu-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
base-files motd-news-config
The following NEW packages will be installed:
motd-news-config
The following packages will be upgraded:
base-files ubuntu-server
2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
g) Removing motd-news-server leaves /e/d/motd-news around; purging
motd-news-server removes the /e/d/motd-news config file
Starting point:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -l base-files ubuntu-server
motd-news-config | grep ^ii
ii base-files 10.1ubuntu2.10 amd64 Debian base system
miscellaneous files
ii motd-news-config 10.1ubuntu2.10 all Configuration for motd-news
shipped in base-files
ii ubuntu-server 1.417.5 amd64 The Ubuntu Server system
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ ls -la /etc/default/motd-news*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 682 Aug 7 20:02 /etc/default/motd-news
Removing:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo apt remove motd-news-config
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
motd-news-config ubuntu-server
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
(...)
Removing motd-news-config (10.1ubuntu2.10) ...
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ ls -la /etc/default/motd-news*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 682 Aug 7 20:02 /etc/default/motd-news
Purging (same starting point, not shown for brevity):
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo apt purge motd-news-config
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
motd-news-config* ubuntu-server*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
(...)
Purging configuration files for motd-news-config (10.1ubuntu2.10) ...
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ ls -la /etc/default/motd-news*
ls: cannot access '/etc/default/motd-news*': No such file or directory
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$
h) base-files installed, ubuntu-server installed, removed /e/d/motd-news
- apt install base-files
- upgrades base-files, upgrades ubuntu-server, installs motd-news-config
- /e/d/motd-news is installed with ENABLED=0
Starting point:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -l base-files ubuntu-server
motd-news-config | grep ^ii
dpkg-query: no packages found matching motd-news-config
ii base-files 10.1ubuntu2.9 amd64 Debian base system miscellaneous
files
ii ubuntu-server 1.417.4 amd64 The Ubuntu Server system
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo rm /etc/default/motd-news
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ ls -la /etc/default/motd-news*
ls: cannot access '/etc/default/motd-news*': No such file or directory
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ head -n 7 /etc/default/motd-news
# Enable/disable the dynamic MOTD news service
# This is a useful way to provide dynamic, informative
# information pertinent to the users and administrators
# of the local system
# Changed by motd-news-config.postinst:
# config file was manually removed - disable the service
ENABLED=0
i) base-files installed, ubuntu-server NOT installed, removed e/d/motd-news
- apt install base-files
- base-files is upgraded
- no /e/d/motd-news is installed, motd-news remains disabled
Starting point:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -l base-files ubuntu-server
motd-news-config | grep ^ii
dpkg-query: no packages found matching ubuntu-server
dpkg-query: no packages found matching motd-news-config
ii base-files 10.1ubuntu2.9 amd64 Debian base system miscellaneous
files
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo rm /etc/default/motd-news
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ ls -la /etc/default/motd-news*
ls: cannot access '/etc/default/motd-news*': No such file or directory
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo apt install base-files
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
base-files
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
motd-news remains disabled, but the zero-sized ".wasremoved" file remains:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ ls -la /etc/default/motd-news*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 25 19:43 /etc/default/motd-news.wasremoved
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ echo $?
0
j) Perform a release upgrade from the previous ubuntu release to the one being
tested while having ubuntu-server NOT installed (or use a desktop install). At
the end, motd-news should be disabled. Verify with:
$ sudo /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force
$ (no output)
j1) Without applying the bionic proposed update, i.e., no bionic-proposed
packages installed (unlikely scenario, as the release upgrader wants the
current release to be up-to-date):
Starting point:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -l base-files ubuntu-server
motd-news-config | grep ^ii
dpkg-query: no packages found matching ubuntu-server
dpkg-query: no packages found matching motd-news-config
ii base-files 10.1ubuntu2.9 amd64 Debian base system miscellaneous
files
I did something a bit risky and added a sources.list line for focal-proposed,
so the release upgrade used focal-proposed which might break for unrelated
reasons.
But during the confirmation step I, the details page already showed just
base-files being upgraded and no motd-news-config package being installed.
Status after the release upgrade finished:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ apt-cache policy base-files
base-files:
Installed: 11ubuntu5.2
Candidate: 11ubuntu5.2
Version table:
*** 11ubuntu5.2 500
500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64
Packages
motd-news disabled:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ ls -la /etc/default/motd-news*
ls: cannot access '/etc/default/motd-news*': No such file or directory
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ echo $?
0
j2) With the bionic proposed update applied to a non-server system:
Starting point:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -l base-files ubuntu-server
motd-news-config | grep ^ii
dpkg-query: no packages found matching motd-news-config
ii base-files 10.1ubuntu2.10 amd64 Debian base system miscellaneous
files
motd-news is already disabled, because there is no /etc/default/motd-news
config file.
To make sure the focal-proposed base-files is used, I added a focal-proposed
sources.list line like in the previous (j1) case, and just prior to running
do-release-upgrade, removed the bionic-proposed one.
The page showing what would be upgraded and installed only listed base-files
and not motd-news-config, as expected.
Status at the end:
base-files from focal-proposed installed as expected:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ apt-cache policy base-files
base-files:
Installed: 11ubuntu5.2
Candidate: 11ubuntu5.2
Version table:
*** 11ubuntu5.2 500
500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64
Packages
No motd-news-config installed:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ dpkg -l base-files ubuntu-server
motd-news-config | grep ^ii
dpkg-query: no packages found matching motd-news-config
ii base-files 11ubuntu5.2 amd64 Debian base system miscellaneous
files
motd-news disabled:
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ sudo /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news --force
ubuntu@bionic-motd-news-split:~$ echo $?
0
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