Bug#675914: devscripts: [pts-subscribe] does not correctly encode 8-bit characters in From header of sent mail

[Sébastien Villemot]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.11.7
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

The pts-subscribe tool does not work for me, because my fullname contains an
8-bit character. The From header in the mail generated by pts-subscribe is not
correctly encoded, and the mail is rejected by the SMTP server (see the
attachment).

Thanks,

-- Package-specific info:

--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---

--- ~/.devscripts ---
Not present

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (550, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii  dpkg-dev   1.16.3
ii  libc6      2.13-32
ii  perl       5.14.2-11
ii  python     2.7.2-10
ii  python2.6  2.6.7-4
ii  python2.7  2.7.3~rc2-2.1

Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii  at                        3.1.13-1
ii  dctrl-tools               2.22
ii  debian-keyring            2012.02.22
ii  dput                      0.9.6.3
ii  dupload                   2.7.0
ii  equivs                    2.0.9
ii  fakeroot                  1.18.3-1
ii  gnupg                     1.4.12-4
ii  libcrypt-ssleay-perl      0.58-1
ii  libjson-perl              2.53-1
ii  libparse-debcontrol-perl  2.005-3
ii  libsoap-lite-perl         0.714-1
ii  liburi-perl               1.60-1
ii  libwww-perl               6.04-1
ii  lintian                   2.5.8
ii  man-db                    2.6.1-2
ii  patch                     2.6.1-3
ii  patchutils                0.3.2-1.1
ii  python-debian             0.1.21
ii  python-magic              5.11-1
ii  sensible-utils            0.0.7
ii  strace                    4.5.20-2.3
ii  unzip                     6.0-6
ii  wdiff                     1.1.1-1
ii  wget                      1.13.4-3
ii  xz-utils                  5.1.1alpha+20110809-3

Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]            8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1
ii  build-essential              11.5
ii  cvs-buildpackage             <none>
ii  devscripts-el                <none>
ii  gnuplot                      4.6.0-8
ii  libauthen-sasl-perl          <none>
ii  libfile-desktopentry-perl    0.04-3
ii  libnet-smtp-ssl-perl         <none>
ii  libterm-size-perl            <none>
ii  libtimedate-perl             1.2000-1
ii  libyaml-syck-perl            1.20-1
ii  mutt                         1.5.21-5+b1
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]  1:5.9p1-5
ii  svn-buildpackage             <none>
ii  w3m                          0.5.3-8

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