Bug 201558

Summary:	net-im/pidgin--2.3.0 randomly changes my friendly name on the msn protocol to a name in my contact list. the name change is only visible locally.
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Kim Eik <netbrain>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Net-im project <net-im>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Kim Eik 2007-12-07 05:28:49 UTC

Pidgin randomly changes my friendly name on the msn protocol to a name in my contact list. the name change is only visible locally.

if i had my friendly name set to "somename" then after a while the name is changed to "somecontactsname", but it is however only visible in my chat dialogue like so:

timestamp "somename": hello how are you?
timestamp "contact": fine, and u?
.........
timestamp "somecontactsname": ya im good.
timestamp "somecontactsname": crap it happened again...
timestamp "contact": what happened?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.launch pidgin 2.3.0
2.let it run for a couple of minutes
3.Accounts->msn account->set friendly name. 

Actual Results:  
will have another contacts friendly name set.

Expected Results:  
dont have my own friendly name set.

i believe it happened after a upgrade of pidgin or the pidgin library.

Comment 1 Olivier Crete (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-12-07 13:50:18 UTC

This is a known and fixed upstream bug... see http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4062
it will be in 2.3.1