Your message dated Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:17:05 +1100 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has caused the report #506390, regarding libmailtools-perl: Mail::Internet Doesn't check for empty fullname in GECOS to be marked as having been forwarded to the upstream software author(s) Mark Overmeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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--- Begin Message ---On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 01:25:43AM -0500, Celejar wrote: >Package: libmailtools-perl >Version: 2.04-1 >Severity: normal > >When run by a user without a fullname in the GECOS, such as: > >user:x:1000:1000:,,,:/home/user:/bin/bash > >Mail::Internet throws these errors: > >Use of uninitialized value $name in pattern match (m//) at >/usr/share/perl5/Mail/Internet.pm line 536. >Use of uninitialized value $name in sprintf at >/usr/share/perl5/Mail/Internet.pm line 541. > >The problem is these lines: > >my $name = eval {local $SIG{__DIE__}; (getpwuid($>))[6]} || $ENV{NAME} ||""; > > while($name =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)//) { 1; } > > # Strip extra fields: adduser-generated usernames have multiple comma > # seperated fields, only the first of which should be used to prevent > # accidental exposure of system-local information like phone numbers/ > # room numbers. > $name = (split /,/, $name)[0]; > > if($name =~ /[^\w\s]/) > { $name =~ s/"/\"/g; > $name = '"' . $name . '"'; > } > > my $from = sprintf "%s <%s>", $name, mailaddress(); > >$name is set equal to the first field of the GECOS, which is assumed to be >non-null; when it is not defined, the errors are thrown. I suppose there >should be tests for non-null values, and the code should only be executed for >defined fullnames. > >-- System Information: >Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') >Architecture: i386 (i686) > >Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-lizzie >Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) >Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > >Versions of packages libmailtools-perl depends on: >ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl >ii perl 5.10.0-17 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction >ii perl-modules [libnet-perl] 5.10.0-17 Core Perl modules > >libmailtools-perl recommends no packages. > >libmailtools-perl suggests no packages. > >-- no debconf information Hello Mark, I'm forwarding this bug report to you as upstream author. Please preserve the CC to [EMAIL PROTECTED] when you reply, so that the bug tracking system will file your reply with the original report. The corresponding web page of this bug report is at: http://bugs.debian.org/506390 This bug report is a duplicate of #495242, which I've forwarded to you already. The debian bmailtools-perl bug reports are at: http://bugs.debian.org/libmailtools-perl Thank you, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar
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