PPA description breaks add-apt-repository
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-properties (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
With the description:
The excellent Mario Bros./Portal mash up from http://
You will need to install love-unstable from the following ppa to run the game: https:/
We get the following error when trying to add the repo:
mike@sleepycat:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sleepycat/mari0
[sudo] password for mike:
You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
mari0
The excellent Mario Bros./Portal mash up from http://
You will need to install love-unstable from the following ppa to run the game: https:/
More info: https:/
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/
self.run()
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
"--recv", signing_
File "/usr/lib/
return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
File "/usr/lib/
errread, errwrite)
File "/usr/lib/
raise child_exception
TypeError: execv() arg 2 must contain only strings
Change the description to:
The excellent Mario Bros Portal mash up from stabyourself.net
And the result:
mike@sleepycat:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sleepycat/mari0
[sudo] password for mike:
You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
mari0
The excellent Mario Bros Portal mash up from stabyourself.net
More info: https:/
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
Executing: gpg --ignore-
gpg: requesting key 5C32BF25 from hkp server keyserver.
gpg: key 5C32BF25: public key "Launchpad PPA for Mike Williamson" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
description: | updated |
affects: | launchpad → software-properties (Ubuntu) |
Can you still reproduce this? I have tried adding the PPA in question, and adding it has worked without any problems.