Pidgin does not allow status containing URL

[Catalin David]

Binary package hint: pidgin

1) Ubuntu 8.04
2) Default Pidgin package that comes with Ubuntu 8.04, also available in the repositories
3+4) I wanted to change the status on my only account, a Yahoo account to a URL link. But this wouldn't be allowed. I can see my statusbox being updated, but, because I have myself in the list, even after some refresh-es of the list or even 10h of work, the status won't change to a link.

Please contact me if anything else is missing or you need more data.

Catalin

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jun 20 20:07:34 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
Package: pidgin 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[Jerzy Mansarliński (jmansar)]

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/5864