Sun Jan 7 20:24:51 UTC 202420240107202451

a/sysvinit-scripts-15.1-noarch-11.txz:  Rebuilt.
  rc.S: Don't attempt to edit /etc/motd unless it exists, it is writable, and
  the first line starts with "Linux <wrong kernel version>."
  Thanks to lostintime.
kde/okteta-0.26.15-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/at-spi2-core-2.50.1-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/source/a/sysvinit-scripts/scripts/rc.S b/source/a/sysvinit-scripts/scripts/rc.S
index 310fdd288..2466cd77a 100644
--- a/source/a/sysvinit-scripts/scripts/rc.S
+++ b/source/a/sysvinit-scripts/scripts/rc.S
@@ -405,8 +405,17 @@ mkdir -p /var/run/faillock
 # Update the current kernel level in the /etc/motd (Message Of The Day) file,
 # if the first line of that file begins with the word 'Linux'.
 # You are free to modify the rest of the file as you see fit.
-if [ -x /bin/sed ]; then
-  /bin/sed -i "{1s/^Linux.*/$(/bin/uname -sr)\./}" /etc/motd
+# We'll only do this if /etc/motd already exists, is writable, and the first
+# line starts with "Linux" followed by a version number that needs to be
+# updated.
+# 
+if [ -w /etc/motd ]; then
+  if head -n 1 /etc/motd | grep -q "^Linux " ; then
+    # Replace the kernel version if it is not correct:
+    if [ ! "$(/bin/uname -r)." = "$(head -n 1 /etc/motd | cut -f 2 -d ' ')" ]; then
+      sed -i "{1s/^Linux.*/$(/bin/uname -sr)\./}" /etc/motd
+    fi
+  fi
 fi
 
 # If there are SystemV init scripts for this runlevel, run them.