Really? I wrote a patch for this two years ago. What distro are you
using?
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I see the same issue with my PPA.
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A bit late to the party, but if the root cause is that the package
hasn't finished building yet, it would be nice to see that noted in the
error message.
I still had to google "signing key fingerprint does not exist" to figure
out what was going on.
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What would it take to get this patch into Precise?
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This bug was fixed in the package software-properties - 0.92.15
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software-properties (0.92.15) raring; urgency=low
[ Manish Sinha (मनीष सिन्हा) ]
* lp:~manishsinha/software-properties/fix-874766-updates-tab-failed-auth:
- Fixes LP: #874766 where after a failed authenticatio
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Thanks for the patch I modified the error message slightly to more
accurately reflect the situation.
+print("Error: signing key fingerprint does not exist")
I've committed this to the upstream version of software-properties.
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
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The attachment "Catches the exception, provides sensible error text to
stdout." of this bug report has been identified as being a patch. The
ubuntu-reviewers team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they
can review the patch. In the event that this is in fact not a patch you
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Fixed the issue by catching the exception and adding reasonable error
text - I've attached my patch. This bug gave me a real scare when I was
testing a new PPA. ;)
** Patch added: "Catches the exception, provides sensible error text to stdout."
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/softwar
This is a valid bug and needs to be fixed. A nice error message should
be sufficient rather than printing a stack trace.
My error log:
pranith@labdesk:~/virtualbox/tmp/virtualbox-4.1.12-dfsg$ sudo
add-apt-repository ppa:bobby-prani/virtualbox-precise
You are about to add the following PPA to you
As I suspected, once the build process was finished, the command worked
fine:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bruno-braga/termsaver
You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
A simple text-based terminal screensaver.
More info: https://launchpad.net/~bruno-braga/+archive/termsaver
Pr
I just had the same problem.
I realized that this same output error happens because even though I
have just uploaded my package (sources), it is still in queue for
building, and while this is unfinished, if I try to add the repository
with the command add-apt-repository, as it also tries to handle
As an improvement, the script could do a check and output something
nicer than a stack-trace :-)
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Status: Incomplete => Invalid
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Can you still reproduce this? I have tried it, and it worked for me
without problems.
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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** Package changed: apt (Ubuntu) => software-properties (Ubuntu)
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