[PATCH 3/3] get_maintainer: quote email address with period

[Stephen Hemminger]

Picky mail systems won't accept email addresses where recipient
has period in name; ie. David S. Miller <davemloft.net> will not work.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>

--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl	2010-02-18 22:57:00.614708380 -0800
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl	2010-02-18 22:57:00.634708417 -0800
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ sub parse_email {
     $name =~ s/^\"|\"$//g;
     $address =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
 
-    if ($name =~ /[^a-z0-9 \.\-]/i) {    ##has "must quote" chars
+    if ($name =~ /[^\w \-]/i) {  	 ##has "must quote" chars
 	$name =~ s/(?<!\\)"/\\"/g;       ##escape quotes
 	$name = "\"$name\"";
     }
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ sub format_email {
     $name =~ s/^\"|\"$//g;
     $address =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
 
-    if ($name =~ /[^a-z0-9 \.\-]/i) {    ##has "must quote" chars
+    if ($name =~ /[^\w \-]/i) {          ##has "must quote" chars
 	$name =~ s/(?<!\\)"/\\"/g;       ##escape quotes
 	$name = "\"$name\"";
     }

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