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[Winfield Trail <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Really? I wrote a patch for this two years ago. What distro are you
using?

On Tuesday, March 12, 2013, Launchpad Bug Tracker <968756@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> ** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/raring-proposed/software-properties
>
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> Title:
>   apt-add-repository fails while adding ppa if signing_key_fingerprint
>   does not exist
>
> Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
>   In Progress
>
> Bug description:
>   sudo apt-add-repository ppa:floaty-devs/ppa
>   You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
>
>    More info: https://launchpad.net/~floaty-devs/+archive/ppa
>   Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
>
>   Exception in thread Thread-1:
>   Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 551, in __bootstrap_inner
>       self.run()
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py",
> line 95, in run
>       self.add_ppa_signing_key(self.ppa_path)
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py",
> line 117, in add_ppa_signing_key
>       "--recv", signing_key_fingerprint])
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 493, in call
>       return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__
>       errread, errwrite)
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1249, in _execute_child
>       raise child_exception
>   TypeError: execv() arg 2 must contain only strings
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
>   Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu6
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
>   Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
>   Architecture: amd64
>   Date: Fri Mar 30 01:38:13 2012
>   EcryptfsInUse: Yes
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64
> (20120328)
>   ProcEnviron:
>    TERM=xterm
>    LANG=sk_SK.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   SourcePackage: apt
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Title:
  apt-add-repository fails while adding ppa if signing_key_fingerprint
  does not exist

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  sudo apt-add-repository ppa:floaty-devs/ppa
  You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
   
   More info: https://launchpad.net/~floaty-devs/+archive/ppa
  Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

  Exception in thread Thread-1:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 551, in __bootstrap_inner
      self.run()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 95, in run
      self.add_ppa_signing_key(self.ppa_path)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 117, in add_ppa_signing_key
      "--recv", signing_key_fingerprint])
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 493, in call
      return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__
      errread, errwrite)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1249, in _execute_child
      raise child_exception
  TypeError: execv() arg 2 must contain only strings

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Mar 30 01:38:13 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   LANG=sk_SK.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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