Re: Formatting problem send_mail in version 2.10.0

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Oct 10, 2016, 21:48 UTC
Message-ID: <20161010214856.fobd3jgsv2cnscs3@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <41164484-309b-bfff-ddbb-55153495d41a@lwfinger.net>

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 04:00:56PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:

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> I have recently switched to openSUSE Leap 42.2 and found that some of the
> features of send_mail no longer work. The problem occurs when trying to add
> information to a Cc to Stable.
> 
> The initial pass through the patch produces the output
> (body) Adding cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> [4.8+] from line 'Cc:
> Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> [4.8+]'
> 
> That is correct, but the actual Cc list contains
>         Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org[4.8+]>,
> 
> The mangled address is not legal and the mail attempt fails.

I can't reproduce the problem with this simple setup:

	git init
	echo content >file && git add file
	git commit -F- <<-\EOF
	the subject

	the body

	Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> [4.8+]
	EOF

If I then run:

	git send-email -1 --to=peff@peff.net --dry-run

I get:

	/tmp/MH8SfHOjCv/0001-the-subject.patch
	(mbox) Adding cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> from line 'From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>'
	(body) Adding cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> [4.8+] from line 'Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> [4.8+]'
	Dry-OK. Log says:
	Sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail -i peff@peff.net stable@vger.kernel.org
	From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
	To: peff@peff.net
	Cc: "Stable [4.8+]" <stable@vger.kernel.org>
	Subject: [PATCH] the subject
	Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 17:44:25 -0400
	Message-Id: <20161010214425.9761-1-peff@peff.net>
	X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.10.1.527.g93d4615
	
	Result: OK

So it looks like it parsed the address, and shifted the "4.8+" bit into the name, which seems reasonable. Does my example behave differently on your system? If not, can you see what's different between your real-world case and the example?

It might also be related to which perl modules are available. We'll use Mail::Address if you have it, but some fallback routines if you don't. They may behave differently.

Alternatively, if this used to work, you might try bisecting it.

-Peff