[Bug 1991553] Re: can't add a private PPA

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This bug was fixed in the package software-properties - 0.99.39

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software-properties (0.99.39) mantic; urgency=medium

  * Add cjwatson patch to use getArchiveSubscriptionURL() for private PPAs
  * Fix getArchiveSubscriptionURL() API call and tests
  * Resolve adding private PPAs, which do not yet have a token LP: #1991553

 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.ledkov at canonical.com>  Fri, 25 Aug 2023
22:17:31 +0100

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  can't add a private PPA

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  As per today's discussion in ~is :

  add-apt-repository has a bug when adding a private PPA. Quoting
  ~cjwatson :

  ===
  It asks Launchpad for all your personal archive subscriptions _that have tokens_.  But `Person:+archivesubscriptions` also shows subscriptions without tokens - the token is generated when you click on Viewt here for the first time.

  Instead, `add-apt-repository` should call `getArchiveSubscriptionURL` (not `getArchiveSubscriptionURLs`) for the archive it's interested in.  That generates tokens on-demand.  Either it will get an HTTP 401, or it will get a URL which it can parse for the username and password.
  ===

  Thanks !

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