Make sure every message ends with a blank line, because some mbox parsers

require a blank line before "From " lines.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/ChangeLog b/lib-src/ChangeLog
index b316887fb43..4f0c6a07002 100644
--- a/lib-src/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib-src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-12-12  Jonathan Kamens  <jik@kamens.brookline.ma.us>
+
+        * b2m.pl: Make sure every message ends with a blank line, because
+        some mbox parsers require a blank line before "From " lines.
+
 2002-12-08  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
 
         * getopt.c: Do include libintl.h if HAVE_LIBINTL_H.
diff --git a/lib-src/b2m.pl b/lib-src/b2m.pl
index 665dfe202d5..40738fd01ed 100644
--- a/lib-src/b2m.pl
+++ b/lib-src/b2m.pl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use Mail::Address;
 use Date::Parse;
 
 my($whoami) = basename $0;
-my($version) = '$Revision: 1.2 $';
+my($version) = '$Revision: 1.3 $';
 my($usage) = "Usage: $whoami [--help] [--version] [--[no]full-headers] [Babyl-file]
 \tBy default, full headers are printed.\n";
 
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ while (<>) {
         $full_header = $header;
     }
 
-    # End message with a single newline
-    s/\s+$/\n/;
+    # End message with two newlines (some mbox parsers require a blank
+    # line before the next "From " line).
+    s/\s+$/\n\n/;
 
     # Quote "^From "
     s/(^|\n)From /$1>From /g;