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Bug#1120538: heirloom-mailx: Edited cc: header not preserved after ~v

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Package: heirloom-mailx
Version: 12.5-4
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

When sending mail using heirloom-mailx, I have been accustomed to edit
the message with ~v, at which time I may add a Cc: header line with
one or more addresses.  Since I have `askcc` set, I would see these
addresses for confirmation after editing my message.  This was the
behavior I observed up through Debian 12 (bookworm?).

However, on the current Debian 13 release (trixie), the Cc:
information that I have edited in my ~v session is discarded.
I have confirmed its loss both using `set askcc` and also by actually
sending the message and confirming the absence of a Cc: header.

My ~/.mailrc begins as follows:

```
set append dot save VISUAL=emacs EDITOR=/usr/bin/less
set askcc
set askatend
unset askbcc
unset ignoreeof
set ask
set crt=24
unset hold
set metoo
set record=$HOME/outmail
set replyall # doesn't work on cs
ignore via message-id status received
set editheaders    # s-nail

alternates nr@cs nr@elan nr@hart nr@fs nr@princeton nr@notecnirp nr@k2 nr@Princeton.EDU nr@princeton.edu nr@princeton.EDU nr%cs@Princeton.EDU nr@phoenix nr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU mailrus!Princeton.EDU!nr idacrd!princeton!nr rutgers!hpsemc.cup.hp.com!princeton!nr surya!att!princeton!nr nr@cs.princeton.edu norman@bellcore.com norman@flaubert.bellcore.com norman@payday.bellcore.com norman@decadent.bellcore.com attbl!norman@bellcore.com norman.ramsey.1@purdue.edu
```

The rest of the ~/.mailrc is a long list of alias commands.


TL;DR: Since Debian 13 (trixie), heirloom-mailx no longer honors a Cc:
field added with ~v, even when `editheaders` is set.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable'), (100, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.12.48+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.utf8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages heirloom-mailx depends on:
ii  base-files        13.8+deb13u1
ii  libc6             2.41-12
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2  1.21.3-5
ii  libssl1.1         1.1.1n-0+deb11u5

heirloom-mailx recommends no packages.

Versions of packages heirloom-mailx suggests:
ii  postfix [mail-transport-agent]  3.10.4-1~deb13u1

-- no debconf information

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Bug#1120538: heirloom-mailx: Edited cc: header not preserved after ~v Norman Ramsey <nr@cs.tufts.edu> - 2025-11-11 22:10 +0100
  Bug#1120538: heirloom-mailx: Edited cc: header not preserved after ~v Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen@sdaoden.eu> - 2025-11-12 22:30 +0100
    Bug#1120538: heirloom-mailx: Edited cc: header not preserved after ~v Norman Ramsey <nr@cs.tufts.edu> - 2025-11-13 19:10 +0100
      Bug#1120538: heirloom-mailx: Edited cc: header not preserved after ~v Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen@sdaoden.eu> - 2025-11-13 22:10 +0100

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