--- a/libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/events.c	Tue Jun 20 00:48:05 2017 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/events.c	Mon Jul 24 21:19:47 2017 -0500
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@
 		port = atoi(tmp + 1);
 	}
 
-	if (purple_strequal(host, "notoperating")) {
+	if (strcmp(host, "notoperating") == 0) {
 		gg_debug_session(sess, GG_DEBUG_MISC, "// gg_watch_fd() service unavailable\n");
 		e->event.failure = GG_FAILURE_UNAVAILABLE;
 		return GG_ACTION_FAIL;