[Pkg-sympa-devel] Bug#653265: VERP never gets used even enabled in configuration

[David Verdin]

Dear all,

This bug is now fixed upstream and the fix will be part of the Sympa 
6.1.8: 
https://sourcesup.cru.fr/scm/viewvc.php?view=revision&root=sympa&revision=7254
Thanks a lot to Phil for sniffing out this smelly error!

Cheers,

David

Le 26/12/11 07:36, Phil Vandry a écrit :
> Package: sympa
> Version: 6.1.7~dfsg-2
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
>
> When configured for VERP (variable envelope return path) the outgoing
> email envelope sender is supposed to be customized for each recipient.
> Due to a bug in the code, the special return path is never applied,
> and the email goes out with the list's generic envelope sender
> <listname-owner at domain>.
>
> This bug was discovered in version 6.1.1~dfsg-2 (Ununtu natty) but by
> inspection of the source code the problem is still present in 6.1.7 .
> Due to this part of the code having been rewritten for the upcoming
> 6.2 version, the problem is NOT present in upstream's 6.2a.4 .
>
> Fix:
>
> diff --git a/src/bulk.pl.in b/src/bulk.pl.in
> index d5464e8..4479e4f 100644
> --- a/src/bulk.pl.in
> +++ b/src/bulk.pl.in
> @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ while (!$end) {
>   	    foreach $rcpt (@rcpts) {
>   		my $return_path = $bulk->{'returnpath'};
>   		if ($bulk->{'verp'}) {
> -		    my $return_path = $rcpt;
> +		    $return_path = $rcpt;
>   		    $return_path =~ s/\@/\=\=a\=\=/;
>   		    $return_path = "$Conf::Conf{'bounce_email_prefix'}+$return_path\=\=$bulk->{'listname'}\@$bulk->{'robot'}";
>   		}
>
> -Phil
>
>
>