Subject: pidgin: --force-online doesn't work, -f works
Package: pidgin
Version: 2.7.3-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch
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Anyone upgrading from a pre network-manager installation will try that option,
and get quite frustrated as pidgin will not connect to any server.
It's just a typo, see attached patch.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages pidgin depends on:
ii gconf2 2.28.1-4 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libatk1.0-0 1.30.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.11.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcairo2 1.8.10-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.24-3 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.88-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.4.2-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.30-1 Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-1+b1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libgtkspell0 2.0.16-1 a spell-checking addon for GTK's T
ii libice6 2:1.0.6-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.1-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpurple0 2.7.3-1 multi-protocol instant messaging l
ii libsm6 2:1.1.1-1 X11 Session Management library
ii libstartup-notification0 0.10-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-3 X11 client-side library
ii libxml2 2.7.7.dfsg-4 GNOME XML library
ii libxss1 1:1.2.0-2 X11 Screen Saver extension library
ii perl 5.10.1-14 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii perl-base [perlapi-5.10.1] 5.10.1-14 minimal Perl system
ii pidgin-data 2.7.3-1 multi-protocol instant messaging c
Versions of packages pidgin recommends:
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.30-1 GStreamer plugins from the "base"
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.24-1 GStreamer plugins from the "good"
Versions of packages pidgin suggests:
ii evolution-data-server 2.30.3-2 evolution database backend server
ii gnome-panel 2.30.2-2 launcher and docking facility for
ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.2-1 SQLite 3 shared library
-- no debconf information
Index: pidgin-2.7.3/pidgin/gtkmain.c
===================================================================
--- pidgin-2.7.3.orig/pidgin/gtkmain.c
+++ pidgin-2.7.3/pidgin/gtkmain.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
struct option long_options[] = {
{"config", required_argument, NULL, 'c'},
{"debug", no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
- {"force-online", no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
+ {"force-online", no_argument, NULL, 'f'},
{"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
{"login", optional_argument, NULL, 'l'},
{"multiple", no_argument, NULL, 'm'},
