Hi David, I'm looking more into this issue. I will check carefully versus 14.04.2 LTS.
The PPA of mkusb has the same code for all versions (it contains only bash scripts and configuration files) and the versions 'have always been' simply copied with the copying tool of Launchpad. There is no manual editing, that could have added the quote character. One possibility is that the copying process of Launchpad could have gone wrong (maybe a temporary error). How is the data from the command sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/unstable transferred to the file /etc/apt/sources.list ? The answer to that question might help solve this problem. When I try again right now, it seems not to work at all with add-apt- repository and apt-get update. Synaptic did the work but the trailing quote was added. Could it be that Launchpad is not yet ready to manage PPAs for Wily? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1456479 Title: PPA info with trailing quote in /etc/apt/sources.list Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I tried to install and test a PPA, which has been working in several previous versions. But now there was an error, and I think I have tracked it down to a trailing double quote (") after the corresponding entry in /etc/apt/sources.list. Anyway after removing the trailing quote, it worked, so from tail /etc/apt/sources.list deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu wily-security multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users. # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu wily partner # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu wily partner deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mkusb/unstable/ubuntu wily main" deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mkusb/unstable/ubuntu wily main" to tail /etc/apt/sources.list deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu wily-security multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users. # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu wily partner # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu wily partner deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mkusb/unstable/ubuntu wily main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mkusb/unstable/ubuntu wily main ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: apt 1.0.9.9ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-16.16-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-16-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue May 19 09:17:51 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-19 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha i386 (20150512) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=sv TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1456479/+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
