Ubuntu
popularity-contest package

Can't open /etc/popularity-contest.conf

Bug #1915020 reported by Andrea C G Mennucci
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popularity-contest (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

hi

I have a Dell notebook with Ubuntu 18.04 preinstalled

I then installed a MTA

So now every day the root user receives this email

Subject: Anacron job 'cron.daily' on [...]
/etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest:
/etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest: 21: .: Can't open /etc/popularity-contest.conf
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest exited with return code 2

bye and thanks

a.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: popularity-contest 1.66ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-64.72~18.04.1-generic 5.4.78
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-64-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Feb 8 14:39:16 2021
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-bionic-amd64-20180608-47+beaver-three-eyed-raven+X92
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-22 (292 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20180608-09:38
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: popularity-contest
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Andrea C G Mennucci (am70xk) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Popcon has been broken since 18.04 and is no longer used (no longer included in seeds). See https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/popcon-to-be-removed-from-the-standard-seed/17238

I suspect a Support site would be more appropriate, eg. https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu. You can also find help with your problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu community http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at https://askubuntu.com or https://ubuntuforums.org, or for more support options please look at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-support/709

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in popularity-contest (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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