It has do a lot with update-manager. The update-manager package also contains the software-properties (the graphical sources.list editor). And the editor should not crash if there is no /etc/apt/sources.list. Why it was removed is not of interest here.
** Summary changed: - Repositories options problem + Do not crash if there is no /etc/apt/sources.list -- Do not crash if there is no /etc/apt/sources.list https://launchpad.net/bugs/50123 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
