On Sun, 26 Jul 2026, 20:02 Bill Allombert, < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2026 at 07:30:11PM +0100, Richard > > my only questions are: 1..s there any way to test this - i think there > are > > no tests in the package at all, but is there maybe some option i can pass > > to output the report not actually send it? > > Sorry! What do you want to test ? > > You can run /usr/sbin/popularity-contest manually. > You can change the day in /etc/popularity-contest.conf > and run /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest > There is a log in /var/log/popularity-contest i just want to know what it's going to send, without actually sending any mails to anyone. > > and 2. how do i even build the package? > > > > i did a git clone and "gbp buildpackage" and it failed with: > > > > install -m 644 debian-popcon.gpg > > debian/popularity-contest/usr/share/popularity-contest/ > > install: cannot stat 'debian-popcon.gpg': No such file or directory > > > > there's no .gpg file in the repository... what am i missing? > > The official debian-popcon.gpg file is the Debian source tarball. i think you've lost me, sorry - how does the official source tarball get built?
