[Bug 1828083] [NEW] run-mailcap script contains deprecated unsescaped left brace

[Kat Cannon-MacMartin]

Public bug reported:

I am using 16.04 xenial, which the mime-support package 3.59.

The run-mailcap script in the mime-support package contains an unescaped
left brace in the regex statement on line 528.

To be exact, the line that currently reads:

$comm =~ s!%{(.*?)}!$_="'$ENV{$1}'";s/\`//g;s/\'\'//g;$_!ge;

should instead read:

$comm =~ s!%\{(.*?)}!$_="'$ENV{$1}'";s/\`//g;s/\'\'//g;$_!ge;

Because of this issue, run-mailcap displays a warning each time it runs
(although actual functionality is not inhibited)

I took a look at the latest edition of the package, 3.60, and this issue
is fixed in that version. Xenial, however, still uses 3.59. Is this fix
coming to Xenial any time soon?

** Affects: mime-support (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Invalid

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Title:
  run-mailcap script contains deprecated unsescaped left brace

Status in mime-support package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I am using 16.04 xenial, which the mime-support package 3.59.

  The run-mailcap script in the mime-support package contains an
  unescaped left brace in the regex statement on line 528.

  To be exact, the line that currently reads:

  $comm =~ s!%{(.*?)}!$_="'$ENV{$1}'";s/\`//g;s/\'\'//g;$_!ge;

  should instead read:

  $comm =~ s!%\{(.*?)}!$_="'$ENV{$1}'";s/\`//g;s/\'\'//g;$_!ge;

  Because of this issue, run-mailcap displays a warning each time it
  runs (although actual functionality is not inhibited)

  I took a look at the latest edition of the package, 3.60, and this
  issue is fixed in that version. Xenial, however, still uses 3.59. Is
  this fix coming to Xenial any time soon?

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