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

[Robert Roth]

I have found one in a related bug ##494058, the ppa is ppa:paul-climbing/lesstif+nedit, however I have managed to add it using add-apt-repository, the sources.list.d file created for it is paul-climbing-lesstif_nedit-oneiric.list , so I'd say this is fixed, as the plus sign does not appear in the filename anymore, the reason the apt-get update fails is because the repository is an old one and does not have packages for oneiric. Could you please confirm that this is true, and the problem has been fixed by replacing the + sign in the filename with an underscore?
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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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