[Bug 2036761] Re: [mantic] ppa-purge no longer purges what add-apt-repository adds

[Ghadi Rahme]

I wrote a fix and did a merge request adding deb822 support for ppa-purge. I did a test using the oibaf ppa in a mantic lxc container to verify the fix. 
Also this issue should also be affecting noble but I only tested the fix on mantic for now. 

** Changed in: ppa-purge (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Ghadi Rahme (ghadi-rahme)

** Changed in: ppa-purge (Ubuntu Mantic)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Ghadi Rahme (ghadi-rahme)

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Title:
  [mantic] ppa-purge no longer purges what add-apt-repository adds

Status in ppa-purge package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ppa-purge source package in Mantic:
  Triaged
Status in software-properties source package in Mantic:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Test Case
  ---------
  From Ubuntu 23.10:

  sudo apt install hello
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jbicha/temp
  sudo apt upgrade

  apt policy hello

  sudo ppa-purge ppa:jbicha/temp

  apt policy hello
  reveals that the PPA version of hello is still installed

  Also /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jbicha-ubuntu-temp-mantic.sources
  is still present and active

  What Should Happen
  ------------------
  ppa-purge should disable the PPA and reinstall any PPA packages with the version apt currently sees.

  Background
  ----------
  add-apt-repository creates deb822 sources lists, starting in Ubuntu 23.10

  https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/spec-apt-deb822-sources-by-
  default/29333

  Other Info
  ----------
  add-apt-repository has a --remove option

  But it does not do the reinstall part which is important
  Honestly, that feature is so important, I suggest that add-apt-repository take over the functionality of ppa-purge so that we always get the ppa-purge behavior

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