[Quilt-dev] Highly repeatable failure of mail command with unhelpful error message

[Peter Williams]

I'm trying to use quilt's mail command to send some patches.  As per 
advice, I'm doing test runs addressed to myself on the local machine to 
get things right before sending it out to the real addressees. 
Unfortunately, the command reliably fails as follows:

address@hidden MM-2.6.17-rc4-mm3]$ quilt mail --send 
address@hidden --prefix=RFC address@hidden 
--from="Peter Williams <address@hidden>"
sed: -e expression #2, char 12: unterminated `s' command
Introduction has no subject header (saved as /tmp/quilt_mail.U15821)
address@hidden MM-2.6.17-rc4-mm3]$

I've attached the file /tmp/quilt_mail.U15821. I get the same result 
without the prefix, sender and from options.  I find the error message 
unhelpful and would appreciate any help that will help me either fix or 
work around this problem.

Thanks
Peter
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Peter Williams                                   address@hidden

"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
 -- Ambrose Bierce

Message-Id: <address@hidden>
User-Agent: quilt/0.45-1
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:37:53 +1000
From: Peter Williams <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Cc: 
Bcc: 
Subject-Prefix: [RFC @num@/@address@hidden
Subject: test

test

--
Peter Williams                                   address@hidden

"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
 -- Ambrose Bierce