[Bug 972048] Re: PPA description breaks add-apt-repository

[Robert Roth]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 968756 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/968756

Can you still reproduce this? I have tried adding the PPA in question,
and adding it has worked without any problems.

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  PPA description breaks add-apt-repository

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

Bug description:
  With the description:

  The excellent Mario Bros./Portal mash up from http://stabyourself.net/mari0.
  You will need to install love-unstable from the following ppa to run the game: https://launchpad.net/~bartbes/+archive/love-unstable

  We get the following error when trying to add the repo:

  mike at sleepycat:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sleepycat/mari0
  [sudo] password for mike:
  You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
   mari0
   The excellent Mario Bros./Portal mash up from http://stabyourself.net/mari0.
  You will need to install love-unstable from the following ppa to run the game: https://launchpad.net/~bartbes/+archive/love-unstable
   More info: https://launchpad.net/~sleepycat/+archive/mari0
  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 552, 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 1239, in _execute_child
      raise child_exception
  TypeError: execv() arg 2 must contain only strings

  
  Change the description to: 

  The excellent Mario Bros Portal mash up from stabyourself.net


  And the result:

  mike at sleepycat:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sleepycat/mari0
  [sudo] password for mike:
  You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
   mari0
   The excellent Mario Bros Portal mash up from stabyourself.net
   More info: https://launchpad.net/~sleepycat/+archive/mari0
  Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

  Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.9qXjlYSvb1 --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80/ --recv 86E6465FC65DCD46FDD012DA7AFCCFD05C32BF25
  gpg: requesting key 5C32BF25 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
  gpg: key 5C32BF25: public key "Launchpad PPA for Mike Williamson" imported
  gpg: Total number processed: 1
  gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)

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