[JDEV] IRC transport not connecting

[Migs Paraz]

Now I understand... thanks for the explanation!

On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 11:28:29AM +0000, David Sutton wrote:
> > I do a Services/Browse Jabber Conference Services, enter irc.localhost
> > as the Server to browse (since that's defined in my config file), but
> > nothing happens with Gabber and with jabberd.
> >
> Ok, i'll grab my copy of patched gabber (rpm) and test it again and tell
> you what happened. If you want, I can look at your config file and see
> if I can spot anything.

I took a second look and spotted this error:

<browse>
  <browse>
     <conference type="irc" ... >
     </conference>
  <browse>
</browse>

Which I got by an uninformed cut-n-paste.

After taking out the extra <browse> section, I can now browse localhost.
But, when I enter a room ("plug"), or create a room:

20011112T12:09:00: [alert] (irc.localhost): hostname maps back to ourselves!
20011112T12:09:00: [notice] (irc.localhost): failed to establish connection
20011112T12:09:00: [notice] (irc.localhost): bouncing a packet to plug at irc.localhost from baloney at localhost/Gabber: Server Connect Failed

I read through the code, and the error message comes from the s2s code, and 
not the irc-transport.  What is special about 'localhost' and irc-t that
causes this, when other transports don't mind?

Thanks!