[Coder-Com] away not updating on remote servers

[s gibinski]

I notice that when a user sets their away message it propagates to the 
remote servers.  If a user does not clear their away message, but sets it to 
a new one, it updates on the local server *only*.  Remote servers still hold 
the old away message. (Clearing the away message, and then setting a new one 
progagates to the remote servers again.)

Of course a raw whois <nick> <nick> will always return the user's local away 
message.

At first I didn't think that this was a big deal, but after thinking about 
it, I realized this quirk would probably allow someone to identify a user's 
local server under the right circumstances.  Since we are trying to keep 
that information hidden, I thought it best to mention it here.

I'm sorry that I am not coding the patch myself, but I am not familiar with 
the ircu code/checkout/patch process, and I guess that others will do it 
much more quickly and adeptly.

Background information:
I tested this on the following servers:
u2.10.11.04. Haarlem.NL.EU.UnderNet.Org B64AeEFfIKlMpSU
u2.10.11.04. Oslo2.NO.EU.undernet.org B200AEFfIKlMpRSU
at approximately the following time:
Sunday, March 2, 2003, 15:45 BST
I'm sure you will see what I mean, but if not, please feel free to ask.

-stephen

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