[Bug 581331] Re: error message while trying to use my MSN account in bitlbee

[arand]

Actually, it isn't fixed in maverick yet, since the Auto-sync from debian failed to build: https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bitlbee/1.2.7-1
Rearranging assignments though, since I'm not involved in the maverick bit of things.

** Changed in: bitlbee (Ubuntu Dapper)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => arand (arand)

** Changed in: bitlbee (Ubuntu Jaunty)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => arand (arand)

** Changed in: bitlbee (Ubuntu Lucid)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => arand (arand)

** Changed in: bitlbee (Ubuntu Karmic)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => arand (arand)

** Changed in: bitlbee (Ubuntu Hardy)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => arand (arand)

** Changed in: bitlbee (Ubuntu Dapper)
     Assignee: arand (arand) => (unassigned)

** Changed in: bitlbee (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: arand (arand) => (unassigned)

** Changed in: bitlbee (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Released => In Progress

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error message while trying to use my MSN account in bitlbee
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/581331
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Status in BitlBee: Fix Released
Status in “bitlbee” package in Ubuntu: In Progress
Status in “bitlbee” source package in Lucid: Triaged
Status in “bitlbee” source package in Dapper: Triaged
Status in “bitlbee” source package in Hardy: Triaged
Status in “bitlbee” source package in Jaunty: Triaged
Status in “bitlbee” source package in Karmic: Triaged

Bug description:
PROBLEM

Unable to login to MSN via bitlbee

TEST CASE

(Need to have a live/msn messenger account with associated email at isp.com)
1. ~$ sudo aptitude install irssi bitlbee
(Make sure bitlbee local server is running)
2. ~$ irssi
(In irssi)
3. /connect localhost
(in bitlbee window)
4. account add msn email at isp.com password
5. account on
* Fails to login with "Error during Passport authentication: Could not parse Passport server response"

ORIGINAL

Ubuntu 9.10 - Karmic Koala. Bitlbee version 1.2.4-1
Also affects distribution Trisquel GNU/Linux 3.5 - http://trisquel.info/

>From bitlbee web page:

"If you're getting the following error message while trying to use your MSN account:

Error during Passport authentication: Could not parse Passport server response

This is caused by BitlBee being a little bit too restrictive in the responses it gets from the authentication server. This bug is fixed in bzr and this code is live on im.bitlbee.org and testing.bitlbee.org. A fix will most likely come out as a version 1.2.7 very soon. "

http://bugs.bitlbee.org/bitlbee/changeset/devel%2C578

"BitlBee 1.2.7 was just released with the fix for the MSN Messenger login issues.

It includes some other changes (mostly IM module fixes and a show_offline setting that lets you have your offline contacts in the control channel as well."