Public bug reported: I was curious how statistics are submitted by popularity-contest, so I checked:
marc@ellen:~$ sudo bash -x /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest […] + for URL in $SUBMITURLS + setsid /usr/share/popularity-contest/popcon-upload -u https://popcon.ubuntu.com/popcon-submit.cgi -f /var/log/popularity-contest.new -C + logger -t popularity-contest 'unable to submit report to https://popcon.ubuntu.com/popcon-submit.cgi.' […] When run manually, the error is: marc@ellen:~$ /usr/share/popularity-contest/popcon-upload -u https://popcon.ubuntu.com/popcon-submit.cgi -f /var/log/popularity-contest.new -C -d Unable to parse url Expected 'PeerHost' at /usr/share/popularity-contest/popcon-upload line 75. The URL https://popcon.ubuntu.com/popcon-submit.cgi is set in /usr/share /popularity-contest/default.conf I noticed that /usr/share/popularity-contest/popcon-upload contains hardcoded sequences of "http:", so I tried to manually run popcon-upload with "-u http://popcon.ubuntu.com/popcon-submit.cgi";. Turns out, it works: marc@ellen:~$ /usr/share/popularity-contest/popcon-upload -u http://popcon.ubuntu.com/popcon-submit.cgi -f /var/log/popularity- contest.new -C -d I suppose this is globally broken since the URL was changed to https, but the script was not updated to support https. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: popularity-contest 1.67ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-8.9-generic 5.0.1 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu23 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: LXQt Date: Mon Apr 1 21:10:33 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-20 (1166 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: popularity-contest UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: popularity-contest (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug disco -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1822672 Title: popularity-contest is probably broken To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/popularity-contest/+bug/1822672/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
