[Bug 1291799] Re: add-apt-repository edits wrong file when readding after upgrading across multiple distro releases

[Brian Murray]

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brian-murray-ppa-trusty.list 
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/brian-murray/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/brian-murray/ppa/ubuntu trusty main

Yes.

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Title:
  add-apt-repository edits wrong file when readding after upgrading
  across multiple distro releases

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

Bug description:
  I have added the same PPA across Raring, Saucy, and now Trusty.  I
  would re-add it with add-apt-repository after updating.

  These are the files I now have on my system in /etc/apt/sources.list.d:
  scottritchie-build-tests-raring.list 
  scottritchie-build-tests-raring.list.distUpgrade 
  scottritchie-build-tests-raring.list.save
  scottritchie-build-tests-saucy.list
  scottritchie-build-tests-saucy.list.distUpgrade
  scottritchie-build-tests-saucy.list.save
  scottritchie-build-tests-trusty.list

  The bug here is that the actual content of these has been munged in a
  weird way.  I would expect the -raring.list and -saucy.list files to
  be commented out and the -trusty.list to contain the active line,
  however instead:

  raring.list:
  deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/scottritchie/build-tests/ubuntu trusty main # disabled on upgrade to saucy disabled on upgrade to trusty
  # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/scottritchie/build-tests/ubuntu raring main

  saucy.list:
  # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/scottritchie/build-tests/ubuntu saucy main

  trusty.list:
  # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/scottritchie/build-tests/ubuntu trusty main

  
  It looks like add-apt-repository is just editing the first file it finds with the listing, rather than leaving it commented out and editing the new file.

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