[Popcon-developers] Bug#855617: Bug#855617: popularity-contest: /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest can't locate strict.pm

[ballombe@debian.org (Bill Allombert)]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 09:02:35PM +0100, Martin Dosch wrote:
> Package: popularity-contest
> Version: 1.64
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> the cronjob fails with following error:
> 
> "Can't locate strict.pm:   /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-
> gnu/perl/5.24.1/strict.pm: Permission denied at /usr/sbin/popularity-contest
> line 25.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/popularity-contest line 25."

Hello Martin,

You have installed an alternative version of perl in /usr/local/

/usr/sbin/popularity-contest is run as the user 'nobody'.
If the user 'nobody' do not have permission to access it, then
/etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest fail.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe at debian.org>

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