Public bug reported: According to --help:
-m, --massive-debug Print a lot of debug information to the command line Now, perhaps my understanding of the words "massive" and "debug" are flawed, but the output I get while trying to debug failure to add a PPA is neither massive, nor really debug level information: ubuntu@hogplum:~$ sudo add-apt-repository -m ppa:checkbox-dev/testing Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:~checkbox-dev/ubuntu/testing'. ERROR: '~checkbox-dev' user or team does not exist. The PPA most certainly exists: https://code.launchpad.net/~checkbox-dev/+archive/ubuntu/testing This message is the utterly useless messaging one gets when add-apt- repository cannot talk to something upstream, be it ppa.launchpad.net or keyserver.ubuntu.com, perhaps. Either way, "user or team does not exist" is factually wrong, and utterly unhelpful, and the level of messaging is in no way debug level messaging, nor is it massive. add-apt-repository should actually provide MASSIVE debug level logging when -m/--massive-debug is passed to it, explaining each and every action it takes from beginning to end. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: software-properties-common 0.96.24.32.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-25.26~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu Date: Thu Oct 3 13:57:15 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-11 (1329 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160210) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-properties UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: software-properties (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1846543 Title: --massive-debug option produces very little debug messaging Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: According to --help: -m, --massive-debug Print a lot of debug information to the command line Now, perhaps my understanding of the words "massive" and "debug" are flawed, but the output I get while trying to debug failure to add a PPA is neither massive, nor really debug level information: ubuntu@hogplum:~$ sudo add-apt-repository -m ppa:checkbox-dev/testing Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:~checkbox-dev/ubuntu/testing'. ERROR: '~checkbox-dev' user or team does not exist. The PPA most certainly exists: https://code.launchpad.net/~checkbox-dev/+archive/ubuntu/testing This message is the utterly useless messaging one gets when add-apt- repository cannot talk to something upstream, be it ppa.launchpad.net or keyserver.ubuntu.com, perhaps. Either way, "user or team does not exist" is factually wrong, and utterly unhelpful, and the level of messaging is in no way debug level messaging, nor is it massive. add-apt-repository should actually provide MASSIVE debug level logging when -m/--massive-debug is passed to it, explaining each and every action it takes from beginning to end. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: software-properties-common 0.96.24.32.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-25.26~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu Date: Thu Oct 3 13:57:15 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-11 (1329 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160210) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-properties UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1846543/+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
