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software-properties package

  1. Bug #443404
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 443404

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Juan Simón (simonbcn) wrote : Re: add-apt-repository insists on downloading GPG key even if keyserver is down. If keyserver is down, add-apt-repository can't proceed.

Ubuntu 10.04

This is a serious problem with or without proxy. I don't use proxy but I suffer this problem often.
keyserver.ubuntu.com is down frequently but "add-apt-repository" isn't "smart" enough to seek the key in another server.
What's happens with keyserver.ubuntu.com lately? It fails too much.