[Bug 838681] 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:
  Accidentally tried to install something that was deprecated
  (elementary-theme), and then got a Python error as opposed to the
  usual 404 Not Found.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: python-software-properties 0.81.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Sep  1 09:51:36 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/add-apt-repository
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/apt-add-repository ppa:elementaryart/elementarydesktop/ubuntu
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/apt-add-repository', 'ppa:elementaryart/elementarydesktop/ubuntu']
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  Title: add-apt-repository crashed with HTTPError in http_error_default(): HTTP Error 404: Not Found
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-27 (4 days ago)
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