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

[Dmitry Shachnev]

The real error here is that get_ppa_info_from_lp() has an “except:” line
that catches all exceptions derived from BaseException, including
KeyboardInterrupt and even SystemExit.

This is not recommended (see
http://docs.python.org/3/howto/doanddont.html#except) and can lead to
random bug errors like this one. I propose to change that line to
“except NameError:” (which means that we failed to import urllib) or at
least “except Exception:”.

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Triaged

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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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