checking with the gaim lists (from using a google search) turns up this which seems to be related http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6290972&forum_id=9587
Daryl St. Laurent wrote: > i'm not sure if this is the correct mailing list to use, so if it > isn't could someone direct me in the right direction? i'm wondering > why perl support was removed from the compile of the latest gaim > version in testing/unstable? running apt-get upgrade broke all my > perl plugins. > > daryl
