[Bug 887249] Re: Providing wrong ppa format in add-apt-repository throws a 404 error which is not handled appropriately

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This bug was fixed in the package software-properties - 0.82

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software-properties (0.82) precise; urgency=low

  [ Manish Sinha (मनीष सिन्हा) ]
  * lp:~manishsinha/software-properties/fix-887249-handle-404-error:
    - improve error handling for incorrect/misspelled PPAs (LP: #887249)
  * lp:~manishsinha/software-properties/list-ppa-names-for-user-or-team:
    - Made the change to alert the user that a user/team does not have any PPAs

  [ Robert Roth ]
  * lp:~evfool/software-properties/lintianfixes:
    - Fixed capitalization issue in control file
  * Fix warnings logged to terminal about inexistent handlers by checking
    if the handlers exist
  * Change geeky authentication text displayed on policykit auth dialog to
    the one suggested by mpt (LP: #828285)
  * Reset the popcon checkbox value if changed, but auth failed (LP: #874759)
  * Apt-add-repository --remove changed to also remove the debsrc
    line (LP: #838507)
  * Apt-add-repository PPA warning changed to warn you about add/removal
    depending on what you really want to do.
  * Update the manpage of apt-add-repository with the available
    options. (LP: #697546)
  * Reset the text on the mirror testing dialog after closing/canceling
    it (LP: #875679)
  * Unicode encode PPA description and displaynam to avoid
    UnicodeDecodeErrors (LP: #827355)
  * Do not expand the server combobox (LP: #875131)
 -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt at ubuntu.com>   Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:32:49 +0100

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

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Title:
  Providing wrong ppa format in add-apt-repository throws a 404 error
  which is not handled appropriately

Status in The apt sources.list editor used in Ubuntu (and Kubuntu):
  Fix Committed
Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I was trying to add the elementary PPA, but by mistake added a ~ after
  :

  $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:~elementaryart/elementarydesktop
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 88, in <module>
      ppa_info = get_ppa_info_from_lp(user, ppa_name)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 65, in get_ppa_info_from_lp
      lp_page = urlopen(req).read()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 126, in urlopen
      return _opener.open(url, data, timeout)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 400, in open
      response = meth(req, response)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 513, in http_response
      'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 438, in error
      return self._call_chain(*args)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 372, in _call_chain
      result = func(*args)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 521, in http_error_default
      raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
  urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

  Expected: The exception should be handled and a friendly error message
  should be shown instead of a verbose exception

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  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
  Release:	11.10

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  $ apt-cache policy python-software-properties
  python-software-properties:
    Installed: 0.81.13.1
    Candidate: 0.81.13.1

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