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[gaim-migrate @ 16867] Revamped the QQ proxy code. Fixed an infinite loop that was occurring if we hit qq_input_pending() with an unexpected value of cond. Rewrote part of qq_proxy.c so that we use Gaim's non-blocking dns lookups. Quieted some warnings created by new code in proxy.c and passed appropriate error messages to _qq_got_login(). Added some extra error handling to qq_proxy_write(). I was beginning to do major clean-up on this this code when I realized that once that clean-up is done, I will have duplicated a very large amount of code from proxy.c. Therefore, I am submitting this working code now and will later submit a patch to gaim-devel that will add support for UDP proxying in proxy.c, thus eliminating the need for such code in the individual prpls. committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

This file describes how to compile and run gaim with dbus support.
Hopefully, most of the steps from point 3 will soon be automated.


1. Make sure you have the latest version (0.34) of the dbus library
   installed, including glib bindings.  

   http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus


2. Compile gaim

   ./configure --enable-dbus
   make
   make install


3. Configure your dbus instalation for gaim

   A. Find your dbus session configuration file, usually

      /etc/dbus-1/session.conf

   B. In that file, find the <servicedir> section.  This section
      contains the directory that stores files describing services,
      usually

      /usr/share/dbus-1/services

   C. Copy src/dbus-gaim.service to that directory

   D. Edit the dbus-gaim.service file you've just copied, and replace
      the path in the "Exec=" line with the path to your gaim
      executable.


4. Start Session DBUS if you haven't done it already

   eval `dbus-launch --session`
   export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID

   These commands will set the two above shell variables.  These
   variables must be set before running any dbus-aware programs.

Start gaim as usual.  To communicate with it, use "gaim-send".  When
you execute gaim-send, the dbus system will automatically start a gaim
process if one is not running already.