[Bug 559008] Re: UnicodeDecodeError when adding a ppa with add-apt-repository

[Robert Roth]

Is this still an issue with Oneiric? I have tried with the latest development issue, and adding the PPAs listed in this bug works as expected, so I would say this has been fixed and should be set as such.
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** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  UnicodeDecodeError when adding a ppa with add-apt-repository

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

Bug description:
  $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:riccetn/aegisub
  Exception in thread Thread-1:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 532, in __bootstrap_inner
      self.run()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 59, in run
      self.add_ppa_signing_key(self.ppa_path)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 87, in add_ppa_signing_key
      print "Error reading %s: %s" % (lp_url, e)
  UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 39: ordinal not in range(128)

  The repository is added:
  $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/riccetn-aegisub-lucid.list
  deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/riccetn/aegisub/ubuntu lucid main

  The key is not:
  $ sudo apt-key list
  /etc/apt/trusted.gpg
  --------------------
  pub   1024D/437D05B5 2004-09-12
  uid                  Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster at ubuntu.com>
  sub   2048g/79164387 2004-09-12

  pub   1024D/FBB75451 2004-12-30
  uid                  Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key <cdimage at ubuntu.com>

  Works fine in en_US.UTF-8 locale:
  $ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:riccetn/aegisubExecuting: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv A8AB12C6D9D6695D11C6D61DFCBFDF60D7BFC706
  gpg: requesting key D7BFC706 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
  gpg: key D7BFC706: public key "Launchpad Aegisub PPA by riccetn" imported
  gpg: Total number processed: 1
  gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)

  
  $ locale
  LANG=sv_SE.utf8
  LC_CTYPE="sv_SE.utf8"
  LC_NUMERIC="sv_SE.utf8"
  LC_TIME="sv_SE.utf8"
  LC_COLLATE="sv_SE.utf8"
  LC_MONETARY="sv_SE.utf8"
  LC_MESSAGES="sv_SE.utf8"
  LC_PAPER="sv_SE.utf8"
  LC_NAME="sv_SE.utf8"
  LC_ADDRESS="sv_SE.utf8"
  LC_TELEPHONE="sv_SE.utf8"
  LC_MEASUREMENT="sv_SE.utf8"
  LC_IDENTIFICATION="sv_SE.utf8"
  LC_ALL=

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
  Release:	10.04

  $ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 apt-cache policy python-software-properties 
  python-software-properties:
    Installed: 0.75.9
    Candidate: 0.75.9
    Version table:
   *** 0.75.9 0
          500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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