gistfile1.txt

when running highstate from master....

2013-11-13 18:09:37,617 [salt.state       ][INFO    ] Executing state pkgrepo.managed for nodejs_ppa
2013-11-13 18:09:37,697 [salt.loaded.int.module.cmdmod][INFO    ] Executing command 'apt-add-repository -y ppa:chris-lea/node.js' in directory '/root'
2013-11-13 18:09:37,706 [salt.loaded.int.module.cmdmod][INFO    ] Executing command 'apt-get -q update' in directory '/root'
2013-11-13 18:09:41,358 [salt.state       ][ERROR   ] Failed to confirm config of repo 'nodejs_ppa': repo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu precise main' was not found

when running highstate from salt-call.... 

[INFO    ] Executing state pkgrepo.managed for nodejs_ppa
[WARNING ] The 'python-software-properties' package is not installed. For more accurate support of PPA repositories, you should install this package.
[WARNING ] Best guess at ppa format: ppa:chris-lea/node.js
[INFO    ] Executing command 'apt-key export 136221EE520DDFAF0A905689B9316A7BC7917B12' in directory '/root'
[INFO    ] Executing command 'apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --logger-fd 1 --recv-keys 136221EE520DDFAF0A905689B9316A7BC7917B12' in directory '/root'
[INFO    ] Executing command 'apt-get -q update' in directory '/root'
[INFO    ] {'repo': 'ppa:chris-lea/node.js'}

code in quesiton.

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/develop/salt/modules/apt.py#L32