As you note this is fixed as of Encode 2.88 (but see the discussion in https://github.com/dankogai/p5-encode/pull/68), so I'm marking this bug as "fix released"
** Changed in: libencode-perl (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1670226 Title: libencode-perl 2.82-1: MIME encoding broken on 16.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libencode-perl/+bug/1670226/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs