Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: apt

7.10, fresh install from desktop i386 CD, all updates through Nov 18 applied, 
1.3GHz Athlon XP 1500+, abit NF7II board,  1GB ram.  No other software 
installed.
Using the GUI and Synaptic, I added the repository  deb 
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture,org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu gutsy
(you see that this is malformed with a comma after pculture and no / after 
gutsy).  After clicking on the Reload whirl, I got an error message saying I 
had a malformed entry, and the only option was to close the error box. But this 
also closed Synaptic.  I tried reopening Synaptic a couple of times and each 
time the same error box came up immediately and prevented me from removing or 
correcting the bad entry.
(I finally opened a terminal window and edited  /etc/apt/sources.list  by 
hand.)   

I feel that the program logic before and/or after the error message
should be changed so that correction could be effected without leaving
Synaptic.

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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malformed repository error disables synaptic; cannot correct in GUI
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163732
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