Builtin socks support broken

[janl]

I have ssh doing socks proxying

  Host socks
        User janl
        HostName hjemme.langfeldt.net
        DynamicForward localhost:1080

Then I configure konversation to use this: Settings menu / Configure Konversation / Connection:
- Enable proxy
- Type: Socks v5
- Address: 127.0.0.1 (or localhost)
- Port: 1080

When connecting all I see is this:

  [11:26] [Info] Looking for server irc.*.org (port 6667)...
  [11:26] [Info] Server found, connecting...

and then it hangs.

If I start it with "tsocks konversation" it works.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: konversation 1.6.1-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-39.42-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Thu Mar 9 11:13:21 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-31 (36 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
SourcePackage: konversation
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-01-31 (36 days ago)

[dino99 (9d9)]

This is an unsupported release now. Please think to install the next LTS 'Bionic 18.04'

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-next/daily-live/current/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-18-04-minimal-install-option

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

Marking as Invalid because the release is EOL is not correct. Marking as Incomplete. Also, 18.04 is (at the time of writing) still in development, and you should expect some breakage.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses#Release_has_reached_End_of_Life_.28EOL.29

Reporter, is this still present on 17.10 or 16.04?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for konversation (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]