I also I have the same problem, using the work PC behind a ISA proxy, I use apt and synaptic with cntlm and working flawlessly
Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" ** Description changed: Binary package hint: apt Hi, I've run into an error while trying to add a PPA repository using add- apt-repository. - Ubuntu Version : 10.04 + Ubuntu Version : 10.04 apt version : 0.7.25.3ubuntu7 (up-to-date at the time of the error/reporting) I'm behind an HTTP proxy, updating/installing using Synaptic/apt works fine. - Here's what I did and whet happened: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/ppa Exception in thread Thread-1: Traceback (most recent call last): - File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 532, in __bootstrap_inner - self.run() - File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 59, in run - self.add_ppa_signing_key(self.ppa_path) - File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 88, in add_ppa_signing_key - print "Error reading %s: %s" % (lp_url, e) + File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 532, in __bootstrap_inner + self.run() + File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 59, in run + self.add_ppa_signing_key(self.ppa_path) + File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 88, in add_ppa_signing_key + print "Error reading %s: %s" % (lp_url, e) UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 43: ordinal not in range(128) This PPA is to install Skype. (we use it at the office...) I got the line from http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/skype, the French speaking Ubuntu community site. After launching the command, the terminal hangs for 10/20 seconds (^C doesn't do anything), then the error message is displayed. The return code ($?) is 0; but I don't know if it's from sudo or apt. The result is that the repository is added but not the PGP key. ** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- add-apt-repository doesn't add key when behind a proxy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576860 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
