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software-properties package

  1. Bug #645404
  2. Comment #0

Comment 0 for bug 645404

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Vincent Stehlé (vstehle) wrote : add-apt-repository incorrect sources with private-ppa

add-apt-repository generates incorrect sources list with private-ppa.

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root@vincent-desktop:~# add-apt-repository ppa:tiomap-dev/private-release
Error: can't find signing_key_fingerprint at https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/~tiomap-dev/+archive/private-release
root@vincent-desktop:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tiomap-dev-private-release-maverick.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tiomap-dev/private-release/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tiomap-dev/private-release/ubuntu maverick main
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Those sources do not allow apt to work correctly.
The correct lines, mentioned on launchpad web page are:

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This PPA can be added to your system manually by copying the lines below and adding them to your system's software sources.
deb https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/tiomap-dev/private-release/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/tiomap-dev/private-release/ubuntu maverick main
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: python-software-properties 0.76.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-903.12-omap4 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-903-omap4 armv7l
Architecture: armel
Date: Wed Sep 22 19:20:16 2010
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-properties