Package: libmail-mbox-messageparser-perl
Version: 1.2130-1
Severity: wishlist

Current version of this package has a severe bug which may cause infite
loops and render the grepmail package unusable:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=293465

Upstream sofware author has released a new version of the package (1.3000:
Mon Mar 14 2005) which he claims fixes the bug:

> - Fixed a bug where emails with attachments would cause the mailbox parser to
>    enter an infinite loop.

http://search.cpan.org/src/DCOPPIT/Mail-Mbox-MessageParser-1.3000/README

(see also his answer in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=293465)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages libmail-mbox-messageparser-perl depends on:
ii  libfilehandle-unget-perl      0.1621-1   a FileHandle which supports ungett
ii  perl                          5.8.4-8    Larry Wall's Practical Extraction

-- no debconf information

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