Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:27:47 -0500 (EST) From: Alan E <alane@geeksrus.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: gnu/32661: send-pr uses $LOGNAME for From and Reply To email addresses Message-ID: <200112100427.fBA4Rlg79885@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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>Number: 32661
>Category: gnu
>Synopsis: send-pr uses $LOGNAME for From and Reply To email addresses
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Dec 09 20:30:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Alan E
>Release: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Geeksrus.NET
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD wwweasel.geeksrus.net 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0: Sun Dec 2 19:14:12 EST 2001 root@wwweasel.geeksrus.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WWWEASEL i386
>Description:
Send-pr uses $LOGNAME as email address.
Patch uses $MAILNAME, then $(<~/.mailname), then $LOGNAME.
>How-To-Repeat:
Run send-pr. Look at names in <angle-brackets> on From and Reply To lines.
>Fix:
---8<-snip---8<-snip---8<-snip---8<-snip---8<-snip---8<-snip---8<---
--- send-pr.sh.orig Sun Nov 4 19:27:21 2001
+++ send-pr.sh Sun Dec 9 23:17:52 2001
@@ -99,8 +99,17 @@
rm -f $PTEMP
fi
-FROM="$ORIGINATOR <$LOGNAME>"
-REPLY_TO="$ORIGINATOR <${REPLY_TO:-${REPLYTO:-$LOGNAME}}>"
+# Try to find out originator's email address.
+if [ -n "$MAILNAME" ]; then
+ true
+elif [ -f $HOME/.mailname ]; then
+ MAILNAME="`sed -e '1q' $HOME/.mailname`"
+else
+ MAILNAME="$LOGNAME"
+fi
+
+FROM="$ORIGINATOR <$MAILNAME>"
+REPLY_TO="$ORIGINATOR <${REPLY_TO:-${REPLYTO:-$MAILNAME}}>"
if [ -n "$ORGANIZATION" ]; then
if [ -f "$ORGANIZATION" ]; then
---8<-snip---8<-snip---8<-snip---8<-snip---8<-snip---8<-snip---8<---
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