Comment 9 for bug 936186

same problem here jus started this morning
cmcanulty@HPTech:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
[sudo] password for cmcanulty:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 125, in <module>
    ppa_info = get_ppa_info_from_lp(user, ppa_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 80, in get_ppa_info_from_lp
    curl.perform()
pycurl.error: (6, "Couldn't resolve host 'launchpad.net'")
cmcanulty@HPTech:~$