add-apt-repository crashed with TypeError in get_ppa_info_from_lp(): 'error' object does not support indexing

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I turned on the computer and it threw up this error

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: software-properties-common 0.92.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Sep 28 23:30:23 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/add-apt-repository
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.2mu
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/pidgin
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/add-apt-repository', 'ppa:ferramroberto/pidgin']
SourcePackage: software-properties
Title: add-apt-repository crashed with TypeError in get_ppa_info_from_lp(): 'error' object does not support indexing
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-15 (15 days ago)
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[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.