Please read section 12.1 Manual pages in the Debian Policy Manual. The
absense of manualpages should be considered a bug. If this was some
package in Universe, one could say 'ah well'. But this is code in the
Ubuntu main-repository. I would expect Canonical not to release software
untill Lintian
It's actually not that hard to add a simple man page if anyone wants to
do it. It looks like it's just a matter of adding the man page at
debian/manpages/add-apt-repository.1. I've already done this for another
command in the software-properties package which also doesn't have a man
page
Thanks for the patch. The description is a bit too much focused on PPAs.
I changed it a little bit to emphasize more that it can also be used for
normal repositiories:
add-apt-repository is a script for adding apt sources.list entries.
It can be used to add any repository and also provides a
Additions/corrections to my version welcome.
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A man page is also very welcome too.
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A man page contributed by Chow Loong Jin is added now.
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged = Fix Committed
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This bug was fixed in the package software-properties - 0.75.8
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[ Michael Vogt ]
* softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py:
- do not crash if tranient parent can not be set (LP: #83914)
*
Thanks for the better description Michael. I actually didn't know it
could be used for anything but PPAs (since there was no documentation on
this :) )
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looking at the source, even if I don't know anything about python, I
reckon the command gets one and only one argument, the repository, and
(quoted from the source)
Add a source with the given apt line and auto-add signing key if we
have it in the whitelist
The repository is added to a file in
This patch adds the -h and --help options and provides a short summary
of what add-apt-repository does. Note that all the PO files need to be
updated to include translations for the usage string.
** Patch added: patch to add --help
Oops, I forgot to document the actual PPA argument. Of course I would
only notice right after I upload a patch! Stand by for a corrected
version.
** Patch removed: patch to add --help
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42006187/add-apt-repository.patch
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A fixed patch to include -h and --help options, as well as a usage
summary. Feel free to rewrite the usage summary as you see fit.
** Patch added: Better patch to add --help
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42008168/add-apt-repository.patch
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This is extremely annoying and seems to be becoming the new default
behaviour for Canonical/Ubuntu main-packages. Please upgrade to
'Importance High', or else this will be yet another long ongoing bug.
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You
Adjusted package and bug title, set to Triaged/Medium. At a bare
minimum, 'apt-add-repository' should provide a better --help.
** Summary changed:
- no manual entry for add-apt-respository
+ add-apt-respository: no man page, and no --help
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
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