[Bug 1915020] Re: Can't open /etc/popularity-contest.conf

[Chris Guiver]

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

Status in popularity-contest package in Ubuntu:
  New

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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