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[Bug 1532855] [NEW] add-apt-repository exits with 0 even when adding key failed

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From: Michał Sawicz <michal.sawicz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:23:24 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1532855 <1532855@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Public bug reported:

add-apt-repository exits happily even if it failed adding the key:

$ sudo env LANGUAGE=en add-apt-repository ppa:launchpad/buildd-staging -k hkp://bad-server/
 Buildd staging packages for Launchpad. New packages are staged here for testing on the staging PPA buildds.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad/+archive/ubuntu/buildd-staging
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp3246v7n8/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp3246v7n8/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 0A5174AF from hkp server bad-server
?: bad-server: Host not found
gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect: Success
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0
gpg: keyserver communications error: keyserver unreachable
gpg: keyserver communications error: public key not found
gpg: keyserver receive failed: public key not found

$ echo $?
0

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: software-properties-common 0.96.17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-5.16-generic 4.3.3
Uname: Linux 4.3.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Jan 11 17:17:56 2016
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2015-10-28 (74 days ago)

** Affects: software-properties (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial

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Title:
  add-apt-repository exits with 0 even when adding key failed

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  add-apt-repository exits happily even if it failed adding the key:

  $ sudo env LANGUAGE=en add-apt-repository ppa:launchpad/buildd-staging -k hkp://bad-server/
   Buildd staging packages for Launchpad. New packages are staged here for testing on the staging PPA buildds.
   More info: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad/+archive/ubuntu/buildd-staging
  Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

  gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp3246v7n8/secring.gpg' created
  gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp3246v7n8/pubring.gpg' created
  gpg: requesting key 0A5174AF from hkp server bad-server
  ?: bad-server: Host not found
  gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect: Success
  gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
  gpg: Total number processed: 0
  gpg: keyserver communications error: keyserver unreachable
  gpg: keyserver communications error: public key not found
  gpg: keyserver receive failed: public key not found

  $ echo $?
  0

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: software-properties-common 0.96.17
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-5.16-generic 4.3.3
  Uname: Linux 4.3.0-5-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Jan 11 17:17:56 2016
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2015-10-28 (74 days ago)

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