[Mailman-Users] Possible Bug in 2.1.13 sync_members

[Barry Finkel]

I think I may have uncovered a bug in Mailman 2.1.13.  I have not
completed my research.  I have a script that refreshes the subscriber
list via:

/usr/lib/mailman/bin/sync_members -w=no -g=no -d=no -a=no \
     -f /etc/mailman/generated_lists/LISTNAME LISTNAME

where

     /etc/mailman/generated_lists/LISTNAME

is a file that contains a possibly updated mailing list.  In that file
there is a line:

     ssmith at example.com        (XYZ, 012345, Smith, S.A. (Sam))

and after I run the sync_members, every line below this one is
ignored; the e-mail addresses in those lines are unsubscribed from
the list.  This has happened with two lists since I installed
Mailman 2.1.13 (replacing 2.1.11 - I never installed 2.1.12 in
production).  The third list that contains this e-mail address has
a different format:

     ssmith at example.com        (Smith, S.A. (Sam)      :012345)

and that list has no problems.  I have not yet checked for changes in
the sync_members source from 2.1.11 to 2.1.12 to 2.1.13.

I am running on Ubuntu dapper with packages I built from the SourceForge
source.  The only patches are

     1) one from Ubuntu to place files in the proper directories

     2) one from Mark Sapiro to allow multiple owner addresses on
             /usr/sbin/newlist

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Barry S. Finkel
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