Public bug reported: When ppa-purge attempts to disable a repository that has a plus in the name, it fails because sed interprets the plus as part of the regular expression.
When running sudo ppa-purge ppa:avsm/ocaml42+opam120, here is the argument passed to sed: \:^[^#]+/avsm/ocaml42+opam120/:s/^deb/# deb/ Note that this should be: \:^[^#]+/avsm/ocaml42\+opam120/:s/^deb/# deb/ Here is the output I get, showing that the package versions don't change because the repository is not actually removed: fuzz@UbuFuzz:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:avsm/ocaml42+opam120 Updating packages lists PPA to be removed: avsm ocaml42+opam120 Package revert list generated: camlp4/trusty camlp4-extra/trusty ocaml/trusty ocaml-base/trusty ocaml-base-nox/trusty ocaml-compiler-libs/trusty ocaml-interp/trusty ocaml-mode/trusty ocaml-native-compilers/trusty ocaml-nox/trusty opam/trusty opam-docs/trusty Disabling avsm PPA from /etc/apt/sources.list.d/avsm-ocaml42_opam120-trusty.list \:^[^#]+/avsm/ocaml42+opam120/:s/^deb/# deb/ Updating packages lists Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done camlp4 is already the newest version. ocaml is already the newest version. ocaml-base is already the newest version. ocaml-base-nox is already the newest version. ocaml-compiler-libs is already the newest version. ocaml-interp is already the newest version. ocaml-native-compilers is already the newest version. ocaml-nox is already the newest version. ocaml-mode is already the newest version. camlp4-extra is already the newest version. opam is already the newest version. opam-docs is already the newest version. Selected version '4.02.1+3-1ppa1~trusty' (OCaml 4.02.1 + OPAM 1.2.0:14.04/trusty [i386]) for 'camlp4' Selected version '4.02.1+3-1ppa1~trusty' (OCaml 4.02.1 + OPAM 1.2.0:14.04/trusty [i386]) for 'camlp4-extra' Selected version '4.02.1-1ppa3~trusty' (OCaml 4.02.1 + OPAM 1.2.0:14.04/trusty [i386]) for 'ocaml' Selected version '4.02.1-1ppa3~trusty' (OCaml 4.02.1 + OPAM 1.2.0:14.04/trusty [i386]) for 'ocaml-base' Selected version '4.02.1-1ppa3~trusty' (OCaml 4.02.1 + OPAM 1.2.0:14.04/trusty [i386]) for 'ocaml-base-nox' Selected version '4.02.1-1ppa3~trusty' (OCaml 4.02.1 + OPAM 1.2.0:14.04/trusty [i386]) for 'ocaml-compiler-libs' Selected version '4.02.1-1ppa3~trusty' (OCaml 4.02.1 + OPAM 1.2.0:14.04/trusty [i386]) for 'ocaml-interp' Selected version '4.02.1-1ppa3~trusty' (OCaml 4.02.1 + OPAM 1.2.0:14.04/trusty [all]) for 'ocaml-mode' Selected version '4.02.1-1ppa3~trusty' (OCaml 4.02.1 + OPAM 1.2.0:14.04/trusty [i386]) for 'ocaml-native-compilers' Selected version '4.02.1-1ppa3~trusty' (OCaml 4.02.1 + OPAM 1.2.0:14.04/trusty [i386]) for 'ocaml-nox' Selected version '1.2.0-1ppa1~trusty' (OCaml 4.02.1 + OPAM 1.2.0:14.04/trusty [i386]) for 'opam' Selected version '1.2.0-1ppa1~trusty' (OCaml 4.02.1 + OPAM 1.2.0:14.04/trusty [all]) for 'opam-docs' 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 35 not upgraded. PPA purged successfully fuzz@UbuFuzz:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/avsm-ocaml42_opam120-trusty.list deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/avsm/ocaml42+opam120/ubuntu trusty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/avsm/ocaml42+opam120/ubuntu trusty main ** Affects: ppa-purge (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1548881 Title: ppa-purge fails to remove packages when ppa repository includes a plus in the name To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ppa-purge/+bug/1548881/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
