Older versions of bash do not support the =~ construct, so stop using it. --- quilt/mail.in | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- quilt-0.48.orig/quilt/mail.in 2009-01-31 03:28:06.000000000 +0100 +++ quilt-0.48/quilt/mail.in 2009-06-10 14:24:08.000000000 +0200 @@ -101,10 +101,14 @@ references_header() { then in_reply_to=$(formail -x In-Reply-To: < "$message") in_reply_to=${in_reply_to# } - if [ -n "$in_reply_to" ] && - ! [[ "$in_reply_to" =~ "@.*@" ]] + if [ -n "$in_reply_to" ] then - references=$in_reply_to + case "$in_reply_to" in + *@*@*) + ;; + *) references=$in_reply_to + ;; + esac fi fi if [ -z "$references" ]