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Diffstat (limited to 'source/a/sysvinit-scripts/scripts/rc.S')
| -rw-r--r-- | source/a/sysvinit-scripts/scripts/rc.S | 13 |
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. |