Re: yahoo messenger

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Date: 25 Sep 2003 01:25:41 -0700
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 01:25:41 -0700
To: Michael Sharp <probsd@ec.rr.com>

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 12:52:35AM -0400, Michael Sharp wrote:
> Yahoo has officially updated messenger such that you can no longer connect
> using the current freebsd yahoo port version ( 0.99.19.1 ). I just tried
> to install their NEW package..

You can try the attached patch with the port. This will ensure
dependencies on packages that actually exist. I had a problem
connecting though, receiving this error after entering my
login/password:

/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/libexec/ymessenger/ymessenger.bin:
Undefined symbol "Xu4L"

Glancing at the binary, it's almost as if the symbol table is mangled...
I think this might call for a future linux-ymessenger port.

> While I know the maintainer of the messenger port will have dealt with
> this issue before he commits the update, but why would Yahoo have released
> a new version today against depandants that are almost 6 months old?

My guess is that they haven't actually updated the client; they simply
did whatever magic was necessary to let the newer official versions
connect and left the rest of the build (including usage of GTK+-1.x)
alone.

People who are upset that the YMessenger package for FreeBSD isn't being
maintained should complain on the message board:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ymessenger/

This is especially important now that it seems Yahoo! has discontinued
support for third-party clients. There doesn't seem to be any other
contact information for the Unix messengers.

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