This patch was based on a random change by a random person in an IRC channel. It may not be correct and probably is not advisable to use it. http://nosnilmot.com/pidgin/pidgin-2.4.2-icq6.patch makes libpurple mimic the exact version numbers sent by the official ICQ6 client, but is not thoroughly tested. # # old_revision [dba36543cdde6db127857b0edfdc3ad1969bbd39] # # patch "libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.h" # from [a40e3332eade975c73e344e17bd06d4b99cae751] # to [7853a27f5f8735092ebefef567aaeeccad2a057c] # ============================================================ --- libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.h a40e3332eade975c73e344e17bd06d4b99cae751 +++ libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.h 7853a27f5f8735092ebefef567aaeeccad2a057c @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ struct _ClientInfo #define CLIENTINFO_PURPLE_ICQ { \ "Purple/" VERSION, \ - 0x010a, \ + 0x010b, \ 0x0014, 0x0034, \ 0x0000, 0x0bb8, \ 0x0000043d, \