`bash: umotd: command not found` on terminal startup

[TB516]

Before submitting

• I searched existing issues and this is not a duplicate
• I ran ujust report (or am about to — paste the URL below)

ujust report gist URL

https://gist.github.com/TB516/53b173e32f3f57908e9949e4e2d087bb

What happened?

When I open Ghosty, i see the following at the top of my terminal:

bash: umotd: command not found
bash: umotd: command not found

Steps to reproduce

1. Open Ghosty (or other terminal apps probably)
2. Look at the first lines in the terminal

Affected area

GNOME / desktop

Extra context

No response

Dakota · issue pipeline

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maintainer: set kind/ + area/ labels, then comment /approve
reporter: answer questions; add repro steps if a bug

[github-actions]

Raptor Current — thanks for the report.

A maintainer will triage this and assign it to the right area. Once a fix ships in nightly, confirm it works on your machine:

ujust verify 753

Your confirmation is what closes the loop.

[znmeb]

I saw this on the Alpha 3 Live as well.

[github-actions]

🐟 In the queue! This issue has a spec and is ready to build.

Contributors: comment /claim to take it, then:

git checkout upstream/main -b fix/this-issue
# make your changes
just validate                    # check element graph
just build default               # build the image
just boot-test                   # automated smoke test (exits 0/1)
just lint                        # bootc container lint

Open a PR with Closes #NNN when ready.

Reviewers: after the PR merges and ships in nightly:

ujust verify <issue-number>      # confirm the fix on your machine

Read AGENTS.md for the full workflow.