add-apt-repository should return error code on HTTP 404
Bug #782120 reported by
Cris Dywan
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #887249: Providing wrong ppa format in add-apt-repository throws a 404 error which is not handled appropriately.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| software-properties (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
If the repository doesn't exist, for example
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:doesntexist/ppa
the output will be an internal error like
Error reading https:/
The return code should be different than 0.
| Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
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