apt-add-repository --remove doesn't remove as expected

[Thomas Mashos]

When running 'apt-add-repository --remove <REPO>', the deb-src repository isn't removed along with the deb repo. Along the same lines, the message when running with the --remove option is confusing (it says it is adding a repository). This may be working as designed, but it doesn't make sense as to what someone would expect to happen.

For instance, If I run 'apt-add-repository --remove ppa:alexandr-surkov/dharma-pvr', I get a new file (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/alexandr-surkov-dharma-pvr-oneiric.list) containing

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexandr-surkov/dharma-pvr/ubuntu oneiric main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexandr-surkov/dharma-pvr/ubuntu oneiric main

If I then run 'apt-add-repository --remove ppa:alexandr-surkov/dharma-pvr', it says it is adding a repository, and the file (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/alexandr-surkov-dharma-pvr-oneiric.list) then contains

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexandr-surkov/dharma-pvr/ubuntu oneiric main

I would expect it to remove both repositories (deb and deb-src) when running it with the --remove command since it added both when running it regularly

thomas@earth:~/code$ sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:alexandr-surkov/dharma-pvr
You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
 dharma-pvr

 More info: https://launchpad.net/~alexandr-surkov/+archive/dharma-pvr
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

thomas@earth:~/code$ ls -l /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
total 32
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80 2011-11-10 09:51 alexandr-surkov-dharma-pvr-oneiric.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156 2011-11-10 09:51 alexandr-surkov-dharma-pvr-oneiric.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 2011-11-10 09:51 dropbox.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 2011-11-10 09:51 dropbox.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160 2011-11-10 09:51 stebbins-handbrake-snapshots-oneiric.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160 2011-11-10 09:51 stebbins-handbrake-snapshots-oneiric.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67 2011-11-10 09:51 virtualbox.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67 2011-11-10 09:51 virtualbox.list.save
thomas@earth:~/code$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/alexandr-surkov-dharma-pvr-oneiric.list
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexandr-surkov/dharma-pvr/ubuntu oneiric main

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 10 09:52:16 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110915.1)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jason Conti (jconti)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #838507, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.