Comment 15 for bug 968756

Really? I wrote a patch for this two years ago. What distro are you using?

On Tuesday, March 12, 2013, Launchpad Bug Tracker <email address hidden>
wrote:

> ** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/raring-proposed/software-properties
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> Title:
> apt-add-repository fails while adding ppa if signing_key_fingerprint
> does not exist
>
> Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> sudo apt-add-repository ppa:floaty-devs/ppa
> You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
>
> More info: https://launchpad.net/~floaty-devs/+archive/ppa
> Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
>
> Exception in thread Thread-1:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 551, in __bootstrap_inner
> self.run()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py",
> line 95, in run
> self.add_ppa_signing_key(self.ppa_path)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py",
> line 117, in add_ppa_signing_key
> "--recv", signing_key_fingerprint])
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 493, in call
> return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__
> errread, errwrite)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1249, in _execute_child
> raise child_exception
> TypeError: execv() arg 2 must contain only strings
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu6
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Fri Mar 30 01:38:13 2012
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64
> (20120328)
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm
> LANG=sk_SK.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: apt
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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