From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 19 06:30:11 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D67DA106567B for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:30:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94E628FC0C for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:30:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q0J6UBmg085461 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:30:11 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q0J6UBoj085459; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:30:11 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:30:11 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201201190630.q0J6UBoj085459@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Stefan Schaeckeler Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECE57106564A for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:23:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D86C48FC15 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:23:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0J6N0uM039603 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:23:00 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q0J6N0b2039596; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:23:00 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201201190623.q0J6N0b2039596@red.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:23:00 GMT From: Stefan Schaeckeler To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/164302: mail expands aliases beyond # X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:30:11 -0000 >Number: 164302 >Category: bin >Synopsis: mail expands aliases beyond # >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 19 06:30:11 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Stefan Schaeckeler >Release: 9.0 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD taipei 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Mon Jan 16 05:33:35 PST 2012 root@taipei:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TAIPEI i386 >Description: I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature. For, me, it's a bug :) /usr/bin/mail parses ~/.mailrc and expands aliases in an unexpected way, e.g. for such an entry --- snip --- alias stefan important@internet.com # that's me --- snip --- /usr/bin/mail sends out email to 4 recipients: 1. important@internet.com 2. # 3. that's 4. me I'm also using emacs/rmail which expands aliases from ~/.mailrc, but only up to the #. That's more intuitive. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: A fix could stop reading beyond # in usr.bin/mail/list.c:getrawlist(). See attachment. Patch attached with submission follows: --- list.c.orig 2012-01-19 06:04:25.000000000 -0800 +++ list.c 2012-01-19 05:47:29.000000000 -0800 @@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ for (;;) { for (; *cp == ' ' || *cp == '\t'; cp++) ; - if (*cp == '\0') + if (*cp == '\0' || *cp == '#') break; if (argn >= argc - 1) { printf( @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ } cp2 = linebuf; quotec = '\0'; - while ((c = *cp) != '\0') { + while ((c = *cp) != '\0' && c != '#') { /* Allocate more space if necessary */ if (cp2 - linebuf == linebufsize - 1) { linebufsize += BUFSIZ; >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: