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[Julian Edwards <julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 09 Mar 2012 11:24:09 Martin Pool wrote:
> On 9 March 2012 11:18, Martin Pool <mbp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This is (imo) a bug in Launchpad, that the metadata files for a ppa
> > are 404 until you upload to that distro series:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/950433
> > 
> > I'm going to kludge around it now by copying a package into the bzr
> > precise ppa.
> Actually, I can't, unless I have something newer than what's in
> Precise.  So, it would be really nice if the lp bug can be fixed.
> 
> For now I guess you should just comment out the ppa from your sources list.

IMO it's not a bug; I have explained on the bug you filed.

Copying should work (with binaries), what problem do you experience?