> So multiple ssh subprocesses should not be a huge issue, you could after all > use ControlMaster and stuff to reuse the connection.
nice, I hadn't used ControlMaster before; that's useful. > That said, it seems reasonable to create a shell script, or a Python script > and > execute that on the remote from stdin. the problem with that, or even with directly calling add-apt-repository on the remote system, is it needs to be called under sudo, and there is no guarantee the sudo call is passwordless on the remote system, so the request for password (stdin/stdout) needs to be provided to the user. I don't see any clean way of doing that, but also piping commands or a script into stdin for execution on the remote side, without significant complications, or pulling in an external lib like paramiko. > That said, it would be an entirely different code path which I think might be > worse > than it maybe not working if the remote is at an older version. Not sure how it would be worse. Apt is quite clear on what needs to be in place, and where, to add a new repo; place the apt source server conf in Dir::Etc::sourceparts/d, place the apt archive's gpg key in Dir::Etc::trustedparts/d, and place the apt archive login details (if any) in Dir::Etc::netrcparts/d. Is any of that incorrect, and/or will any of that ever change? If not, simply creating the proper files in- place on the remote host should be all that's needed; all the logic of figuring out the naming and content of the files takes place on the local host. -- 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/645404 Title: Support Private PPAs Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in software-properties source package in Bionic: In Progress Status in software-properties source package in Cosmic: In Progress Status in software-properties source package in Disco: In Progress Status in software-properties source package in Eoan: In Progress Bug description: Software properties add-apt-repository currently does not support adding private PPAs. software-properties should connect to the API and observe that it gets permission denied trying to read the ppa. Then it can reconnect to the API asking for authentication, which will open a browser window where you can do the openid ritual. Then using that token it ought to be possible for it to get the password etc. ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: python-software-properties 0.82.4 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/645404/+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
