[Bug 926548] [NEW] add-apt-repository fails with gnutls_handshake error

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Updated an 11.04 installation to 11.10 and then went to install the
Cinnamon desktop environment using:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:merlwiz79/cinnamon-ppa

The result was this:

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 80, in get_ppa_info_from_lp
    curl.perform()
pycurl.error: (35, 'gnutls_handshake() failed: A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.')

It does not appear to be linked to the particular repository, rather it
appears to be a bug in the add-apt-repository command or the pycurl
library.  I found one reference to a similar issue here:

http://code.google.com/p/wfuzz/wiki/PyCurlSSLBug

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

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add-apt-repository fails with gnutls_handshake error
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/926548
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