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Date:      Sat, 5 Jan 2002 23:12:52 GMT
From:      ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   ports/33587: biabam needs base64 capable encoder
Message-ID:  <200201052312.g05NCqj09416@pc1-cove4-0-cust214.bir.cable.ntl.com>

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>Number:         33587
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       biabam needs base64 capable encoder
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 05 15:20:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     ian j hart
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD pc1-cove4-0-cust214.bir.cable.ntl.com 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0: Sat Dec 15 21:40:55 GMT 2001 ianjhart@alpha.private.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/OMEGA i386

>Description:
	Calls "uuencode --base64" to do the encoding. Our version of
	uuencode doesn't support this.
>How-To-Repeat:
	biabam filename recipient
	Then try to save the attachment. Since it is uuencoded but marked
	as base64 you get garbage.
>Fix:
	Use a port that works, like converters/uudeview
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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