The correct PPA naming is ppa:longsleep/golang-backports and ppa:criu/ppa without tilde character and without "/ubuntu" in the middle.
Eventually the code of the script should be modified to cater for usage with wrong-named PPAs. -- 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/2039411 Title: Addition of ppa repository failing intermittently Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I get following error intermittently when trying to add ppa repository: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:~longsleep/ubuntu/golang-backports Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:~longsleep/ubuntu/golang-backports'. The user named '~longsleep' has no PPA named 'ubuntu/golang-backports' Please choose from the following available PPAs: * 'bcmwl': bcmwl * 'couchdb': Apache CouchDB * 'couchdb-precise-backport': Apache CouchDB with Erlang 18 for precise * 'createrepo-backports': Createrepo Backports * 'firehol-backports': Firehol Backports * 'golang-backports': Golang Backports * 'golang-backports-dev': Golang Backports Dev * 'iridium-browser-dev': Iridium Browser Dev dependencies * 'pixel-extras': Pixel extras * 'python2.7-backports': Python 2.7 Backports * 'python3-m2crypto-backports': Python 3 M2Crypto backports * 'stuff': Stuff * 'ubuntu-pine64-flavour-makers': Ubuntu Pine64 Makers PPA After multiple attempts, it may succeed, but the same above command sometimes may return following error as well (intermittently): $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:~longsleep/ubuntu/golang-backports Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 137, in <module> shortcut = shortcut_handler(line) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 885, in shortcut_handler ret = factory(shortcut) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 469, in shortcut_handler return PPAShortcutHandler(shortcut) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 426, in __init__ info = get_ppa_info(self.shortcut) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 392, in get_ppa_info _get_suggested_ppa_message(user, ppa)) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 349, in _get_suggested_ppa_message lp_user = get_info_from_lp(LAUNCHPAD_USER_API % user) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 104, in get_info_from_lp return get_info_from_https(lp_url, True) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 98, in get_info_from_https return json.loads(data) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/json/__init__.py", line 357, in loads return _default_decoder.decode(s) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end()) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/2039411/+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
