Failing to add PPA

[Muelli]

muelli@xbox:/tmp$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-bugs-auftrags-killer/muelli
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 525, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 60, in run
    self.add_ppa_signing_key(self.ppa_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 79, in add_ppa_signing_key
    '\"signing_key_fingerprint\": \"(\w*)\"', lp_page)[0]
IndexError: list index out of range

muelli@xbox:/tmp$

I am behind a proxy and http_proxy is set.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Feb 25 20:53:58 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: python-software-properties 0.75.4
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-13.18-generic
SourcePackage: software-properties
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-13-generic x86_64

[Muelli (ubuntu-bugs-auftrags-killer)]

Probably bug 475220 which is fixed in lucid only :( Couldn't the patch be backported to karmic?

[Uli Tillich (utillich)]

More likely this is Bug #516032. apt-get-repository does not work at all when behind a proxy.