[Pidgin] #6607: Public IP detection via entry of DNS name

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#6607: Public IP detection via entry of DNS name
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 Reporter:  olmari                  |        Owner:           
     Type:  enhancement             |       Status:  new      
Milestone:                          |    Component:  libpurple
  Version:  2.6.2                   |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  public IP, domain name  |  
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Comment(by eomanis):

 For anyone still interested, I made up a makeshift bash script that
 tampers with the libpurple configuration (using Cygwin). It

 a) resolves a hostname to an IP address,[[BR]]
 b) writes said address into the prefs.xml file and[[BR]]
 c) starts PidginPortable.

 It acts relatively to the path where it is located. In my case, I have it
 right beneath the PidginPortable.exe and it works from there, accessing
 the subfolders. Since I have configured Windows Explorer to open any .sh
 file with the Cygwin bash shell, I can double click on it and
 PidginPortable starts with the correct external IP set.

 I don't know where Pidgin usually stores its configuration on Linux, maybe
 you have a .purple folder in your home directory there. You'll have to
 change the paths then. Also, I don't think you'll need the "| unix2dos"
 part when operating on Linux (I even doubt the Windows Pidgin would mind,
 it's just there because the original prefs.xml had CR+LF line endings
 too).

 {{{
 #!/bin/sh
 # This script will launch PidginPortable on Windows using Cygwin while
 writing the external IP address into libpurple's config file
 var_hostname="your.dyndns.org" # Enter your hostname here
 var_path=`echo $0 | sed -r 's/[^\/]*$//'` # This is the path to the folder
 where the script is located
 echo "Resolving hostname..."
 var_ip=`nslookup $var_hostname 2> /dev/null | grep Address | tail -n 1 |
 sed -r 's/^[^0-9]*//'` # This is the IP the hostname has been resolved to
 echo "IP Address is $var_ip"
 echo "Tampering with the libpurple configuration..."
 # This line generates a new config file from the current one:
 sed -r
 "s/^([^0-9.]*name='public_ip'[^0-9.]*value=')[0-9.]*('[^0-9.]*)$/\\1${var_ip}\\2/"
 "${var_path}Data/settings/.purple/prefs.xml" | unix2dos 1>
 "${var_path}Data/settings/.purple/prefs_tmp.xml"
 # Yes, I know of the -i option in sed (update file in-place), but
 afterwards the prefs.xml file would always be read-only (what the heck?!),
 so Pidgin could not save configurations anymore
 rm -f "${var_path}Data/settings/.purple/prefs.xml" # Remove the old config
 file
 mv "${var_path}Data/settings/.purple/prefs_tmp.xml"
 "${var_path}Data/settings/.purple/prefs.xml" #Rename the new file
 echo "Starting PidginPortable..."
 ${var_path}PidginPortable &
 }}}

 Still, it would be nice if I could get rid of that junk script and this
 rather mundane feature would find its way into Pidgin. Mind you, people
 set up dynamic DNS addresses to NOT depend on complicated external
 services like that STUN server.

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