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This bug was fixed in the package software-properties - 0.96.13

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software-properties (0.96.13) wily; urgency=medium

  * Properly parse a ppa which has a leading slash, something which a lot of
    people seem use as an argument to add-apt-repository. (LP: #1426933)

 -- Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>  Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:31:14 -0700

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  add-apt-repository crashed with IndexError in mangle_ppa_shortcut():
  string index out of range

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  error appears immeditely after login

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: software-properties-common 0.96.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-7.7-generic 4.2.0
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Sep 11 22:58:18 2015
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/add-apt-repository
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-11 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150825)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.4
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/add-apt-repository ppa::synapse-core/ppa
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
   LANGUAGE=it
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/add-apt-repository', 'ppa::synapse-core/ppa']
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  Title: add-apt-repository crashed with IndexError in mangle_ppa_shortcut(): string index out of range
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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