[Bug 585720] Re: add-apt-repository does not handle "+" in PPAs

[Robert Roth]

Thank you for taking the time tor report this bug. Could you please specify an example PPA with a + sign in it, as it is hard to find such a PPA to test this bug.
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** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  add-apt-repository does not handle "+" in PPAs

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  If I add a PPA with a "+" in its name, add-apt-repository works
  without a warning or error, but apt-get update then ignores the added
  apt source, as files with "+" are ignored in /etc/apt/source.list.d/:

  $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:user/xxx+yyy
  [...]
  $ sudo aptitude update     # does not update packages from above PPA
  [...]
  $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/user-xxx+yyy-lucid.list
  deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/user/xxx+yyy/ubuntu lucid main

  Moving /etc/apt/sources.list.d/user-xxx+yyy-lucid.list to
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/user-xxx-yyy-lucid.list fixes the problem:

  $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/user-xxx+yyy-lucid.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/user-xxx-yyy-lucid.list
  $ sudo aptitude update     # updates packages from above PPA works now
  [...]

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