Below is the output from the minimal relevant Docker container, the PPAs are not added to system:
``` $ docker run -it --rm ubuntu:noble bash -c "export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive; apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq dist-upgrade > /dev/null && apt-get -qq install software-properties-common apt-utils > /dev/null; cat /etc/os-release; apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv E756285F30DB2B2BB35012E219BFCAF5168D33A9; add-apt-repository -y 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nrbrtx/vte/ubuntu jammy main'; add-apt-repository -y 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nrbrtx/wnck/ubuntu jammy main'; apt-get update ; grep -ira ppa /etc/apt; apt-cache policy" debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch)" NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION_ID="24.04" VERSION="24.04 (Noble Numbat)" VERSION_CODENAME=noble ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"; SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"; BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"; PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"; UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble LOGO=ubuntu-logo Warning: apt-key is deprecated. Manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d instead (see apt-key(8)). Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.qDnnBRGOY6/gpg.1.sh --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv E756285F30DB2B2BB35012E219BFCAF5168D33A9 gpg: error running '/usr/bin/dirmngr': probably not installed gpg: failed to start dirmngr '/usr/bin/dirmngr': Configuration error gpg: can't connect to the dirmngr: Configuration error gpg: keyserver receive failed: No dirmngr Repository: 'deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/nrbrtx/vte/ubuntu jammy main Components: ' Description: This PPA contains VTE library from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS which is not affected by stupid bug https://pad.lv/1922276 . So user will be able to select all terminal output with full scroll-back in MATE Terminal and other VTE-based terminals as it is expected. This PPA is useful for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Debian 11 (bullseye) and Debian 12 (bookworm). As usual one can always remove this PPA and downgrade VTE packages by using `sudo apt-get install ppa-purge` and `sudo ppa-purge ppa:nrbrtx/vte`. More info: https://launchpad.net/~nrbrtx/+archive/ubuntu/vte Adding repository. Found existing deb entry in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Components [665 kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Components [5943 kB] Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/multiverse amd64 Components [41.9 kB] Fetched 6649 kB in 3s (2199 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Repository: 'deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/nrbrtx/wnck/ubuntu jammy main Components: ' Description: This PPA provides patched libwnck3 package to fix https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/1230 and https://pad.lv/1947420 . See details at https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/1230#issuecomment-997422612 . This PPA is useful for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Debian 12 (bookworm). As usual one can always remove this PPA and downgrade WNCK packages by using `sudo apt-get install ppa-purge` and `sudo ppa-purge ppa:nrbrtx/wnck`. More info: https://launchpad.net/~nrbrtx/+archive/ubuntu/wnck Adding repository. Found existing deb entry in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease [255 kB] Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages [1861 kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages [19.4 MB] Fetched 21.5 MB in 7s (2875 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease Reading package lists... Done Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/multiverse amd64 Packages release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 origin archive.ubuntu.com 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/restricted amd64 Packages release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 origin archive.ubuntu.com 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 origin archive.ubuntu.com 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 origin archive.ubuntu.com Pinned packages: ``` Please Stop Ignoring This Bug And Finally Fix It! ** Bug watch added: github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues #1230 https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/1230 -- 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/2037210 Title: unable to add PPA by its sources.list line Status in Software Properties: Confirmed Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1. Have Ubuntu 23.10 installed 2. Run ``` sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv E756285F30DB2B2BB35012E219BFCAF5168D33A9 sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nrbrtx/vte/ubuntu jammy main" sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nrbrtx/wnck/ubuntu jammy main" ``` Expected results: * key added, two repositories are added to the relevant *.list files at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ Actual results: * relevant *.list files at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ are not created, having errors instead ``` $ sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nrbrtx/vte/ubuntu jammy main" Repository: 'deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/nrbrtx/vte/ubuntu jammy main Components: ' Description: This PPA contains VTE library from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS which is not affected by stupid bug https://pad.lv/1922276 . So user will be able to select all terminal output with full scroll-back in MATE Terminal and other VTE-based terminals as it is expected. This PPA is useful for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Debian 11 (bullseye) and Debian 12 (bookworm). As usual one can always remove this PPA and downgrade VTE packages by using `sudo apt-get install ppa-purge` and `sudo ppa-purge ppa:nrbrtx/vte`. More info: https://launchpad.net/~nrbrtx/+archive/ubuntu/vte Adding repository. E: Malformed entry 1 in sources file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nrbrtx-ubuntu-vte-mantic.sources (URI) E: The list of sources could not be read. $ sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nrbrtx/wnck/ubuntu jammy main" Repository: 'deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/nrbrtx/wnck/ubuntu jammy main Components: ' Description: This PPA provides patched libwnck3 package to fix https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/1230 and https://pad.lv/1947420 . See details at https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/1230#issuecomment-997422612 . This PPA is useful for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Debian 12 (bookworm). As usual one can always remove this PPA and downgrade WNCK packages by using `sudo apt-get install ppa-purge` and `sudo ppa-purge ppa:nrbrtx/wnck`. More info: https://launchpad.net/~nrbrtx/+archive/ubuntu/wnck Adding repository. Found existing deb entry in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nrbrtx-ubuntu-vte-mantic.sources E: Malformed entry 1 in sources file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nrbrtx-ubuntu-vte-mantic.sources (URI) E: The list of sources could not be read. $ sudo apt-get update E: Malformed entry 1 in sources file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nrbrtx-ubuntu-vte-mantic.sources (URI) E: The list of sources could not be read. ``` ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10 Package: software-properties-common 0.99.39 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-5.5-generic 6.5.0 Uname: Linux 6.5.0-5-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback Date: Sun Sep 24 14:02:10 2023 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-properties UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2023-04-13 (164 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.default.apport: # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it # you can temporarily override this with # sudo service apport start force_start=1 enabled=0 mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2023-09-24T13:25:34.901411 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-properties/+bug/2037210/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
