[Bug 1856188] [NEW] add-apt-repository -r unable to remove a PPA that no longer has a release file

[Graham Inggs]

Public bug reported:

Similar to LP: #1855681 in ppa-purge.


sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:jonathonf/python-3.6


 This PPA has been removed from public access as part of a protest against the abuse of open-source projects by large companies. For more detail visit the main page here: https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf

If you are a company and you would like this PPA to continue then let me
know your preferred route for contributions and I will arrange
something.

If we have already been in contact then ping me your Launchpad ID and I will add you to a private PPA in the meantime.
More info: https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/python-3.6
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel removing it.


Pressing Enter doesn't produce an error, but it doesn't remove the PPA either.

** Affects: software-properties (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  add-apt-repository -r unable to remove a PPA that no longer has a
  release file

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Similar to LP: #1855681 in ppa-purge.

  
  sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:jonathonf/python-3.6

  
   This PPA has been removed from public access as part of a protest against the abuse of open-source projects by large companies. For more detail visit the main page here: https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf

  If you are a company and you would like this PPA to continue then let
  me know your preferred route for contributions and I will arrange
  something.

  If we have already been in contact then ping me your Launchpad ID and I will add you to a private PPA in the meantime.
  More info: https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/python-3.6
  Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel removing it.

  
  Pressing Enter doesn't produce an error, but it doesn't remove the PPA either.

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