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Title: add-apt-repository exits with 0 even when adding key failed Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: add-apt-repository exits happily even if it failed adding the key: $ sudo env LANGUAGE=en add-apt-repository ppa:launchpad/buildd-staging -k hkp://bad-server/ Buildd staging packages for Launchpad. New packages are staged here for testing on the staging PPA buildds. More info: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad/+archive/ubuntu/buildd-staging Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp3246v7n8/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp3246v7n8/pubring.gpg' created gpg: requesting key 0A5174AF from hkp server bad-server ?: bad-server: Host not found gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect: Success gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found. gpg: Total number processed: 0 gpg: keyserver communications error: keyserver unreachable gpg: keyserver communications error: public key not found gpg: keyserver receive failed: public key not found $ echo $? 0 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: software-properties-common 0.96.17 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-5.16-generic 4.3.3 Uname: Linux 4.3.0-5-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Jan 11 17:17:56 2016 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-properties UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2015-10-28 (74 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1532855/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp