[Bug 1157900] Re: add-apt-repository crashed with ImportError in get_ppa_info_from_lp(): No module named 'pycurl'

[Eliah Kagan]

This crash often happens to me when I terminate a running instance of
add-apt-repository with Ctrl+C (though not every time, see duplicate bug
1186492 for details). I've been able to make that happen on multiple
systems running different Ubuntu releases multiple times, so that might
be a way for people who cannot reproduce the bug to do so.

Dmitry Shachnev's analysis (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/software-properties/+bug/1157900/comments/7) clarifies why Ctrl+C is
one way to produce the crash (get_ppa_info_from_lp() wrongly catches all
exceptions including KeyboardInterrupt). Thanks for the explanation!

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Title:
  add-apt-repository crashed with ImportError in get_ppa_info_from_lp():
  No module named 'pycurl'

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

Bug description:
  add-apt-repository crashed with ImportError in get_ppa_info_from_lp(): No module named 'pycurl'
  i hope im helping, dont know anything about bugs myself

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: software-properties-common 0.92.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-12.8-lowlatency 3.8.2
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-12-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Mar 20 19:29:37 2013
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/add-apt-repository
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-19 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130312)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/add-apt-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloade
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/add-apt-repository', 'ppa:jd-team/jdownloade']
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  Title: add-apt-repository crashed with ImportError in get_ppa_info_from_lp(): No module named 'pycurl'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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