[Kopete-devel] [Bug 50279] Kopete won't connect if started before Internet connection

[Waldo Bastian]

>  Why would changing resolv.conf not be picked up here, but work 
>correctly in other applications?

We call res_init() if we get a lookup error to force a re-read of 
/etc/resolv.conf Can it be that you use asynchronous lookups in 
Kopete? I think the asynchronous lookup doesn't call res_init() when 
it fails.

See KExtendedSocket::doLookup()

Cheers,
Waldo