http://code.google.com/p/pyicqt/issues/detail?id=145 and http://code.google.com/p/pyicqt/issues/detail?id=148 it's claimed to be fixed in git-version (see first link above) and in future-version 0.8.1.1 Reproducible: Always
try http://groups.google.com/group/py-transports/web/pyicqt-0.8.1-git-patched.tar.gz
version from comment #1 does NOT solve this
fixed in git - see http://code.google.com/p/pyicqt/issues/detail?id=145
version 0.8.1.1 is out! Upstream Post: http://groups.google.com/group/py-transports/browse_thread/thread/9f933ac692ce9959 Distfile: http://pyicqt.googlecode.com/files/pyicqt-0.8.1.1.tar.gz By the way: For the Version from #1 to work you need to set <detectunicode>x</detextunicode> Where x is one of 0,1,2. See the referenced post.
Created attachment 178948 [details] ebuild for 0.8.1.1 (renamed 0.8.1 ebuild) I have tried this version by simply renaming the 0.8.1 ebuild. Set detectunicode to 2, and everything seems to be fine again. Still, 0.8.1 remains broken and should probably be really masked.
0.8.1.1 is in the tree, seems griffon26 just forgot to close this bug.