net-im/pidgin-2.7.4 is unable to send messages on AIM. All messages, no matter how short, even single-character messages, are reported to be "too long" and are not sent. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install pidgin-2.7.4 2. Connect to an AIM account 3. Try to send any message. Actual Results: Message sending on AIM fails. All messages are reported to be too long. Portage 2.1.8.3 (default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.4.3, glibc-2.11.2-r0, 2.6.36-gentoo-babylon5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.36-gentoo-babylon5-i686-AMD_Athlon-TM-_XP_2400+-with-gentoo-1.12.13 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:45:01 +0000 distcc 3.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11 dev-lang/python: 2.6.5-r3, 3.1.2-r4 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.1-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.13 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.3-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.10 sys-devel/make: 3.81-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -mfpmath=sse -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -mfpmath=sse -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests ccache distlocks fail-clean fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://mirrors.rit.edu/gentoo http://mirrors.cs.wmich.edu/gentoo " LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/perl-experimental /var/lib/layman/robbat2 /var/lib/alaric" SYNC="rsync://rsync21.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acl acpi alsa bash-completion berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdda cddb cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif ffmpeg firefox flac fltk fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk hal iconv id3tag imagemagick ipv6 java jpeg jpeg2k kde lcms ldap libnotify mad mikmod mmx mmxext mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt3support qt4 readline sdl session speex spell sse ssl startup-notification svg sysfs tcpd theora threads tiff tk tools truetype unicode usb utils vorbis x264 x86 xcb xml xorg xpm xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="cmipci emu10k1" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" PHP_TARGETS="php5-2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon mga vesa vga" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Thank you for report. Could you try following patch and report if it works for you: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/b4542672e7c00d7c9506313f3cc574bf45fa6ac0/with/9f1343307fd654c231ff7ec66adbd8a8fd3fdbfb/libpurple/protocols/oscar/family_chat.c ?
Well, I've backported patch and this problem should be fixed in pidgin-2.7.4-r1. Although I'm closing this bug, I'm still interested in feedback ;) Thank you for report.
(In reply to comment #2) > Well, I've backported patch and this problem should be fixed in > pidgin-2.7.4-r1. Although I'm closing this bug, I'm still interested in > feedback ;) Thank you for report. Sorry, I didn't get an opportunity to try the patch before now. I'm compiling with the patch right now, and will be able to test in a few minutes. ....And fix confirmed.
