[Bug 862406] Re: add-apt-repository crashed with HTTPError in http_error_default(): HTTP Error 404: Not Found

[Robert Roth]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 887249 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/887249

** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 828038
   add-apt-repository crashed with HTTPError in http_error_default(): HTTP Error 404: Not Found
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 887249
   Providing wrong ppa format in add-apt-repository throws a 404 error which is not handled appropriately

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Title:
  add-apt-repository crashed with HTTPError in http_error_default():
  HTTP Error 404: Not Found

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

Bug description:
  Used a PPA address that didn't exist.

  Should have got a controlled error rather than a stack trace.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: python-software-properties 0.81.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Sep 29 07:57:28 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/add-apt-repository
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/apt-add-repository ppa:brightbox/release
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/apt-add-repository', 'ppa:brightbox/release']
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  Title: add-apt-repository crashed with HTTPError in http_error_default(): HTTP Error 404: Not Found
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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