Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pidgin
A bug in pidgin 2.6.6 means that signals (aka events) in perl plugins are passed invalid/incorrect arguments. This has already been documented and fixed upstream. See http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/11431. Here is the fix (reverts the regression while also avoiding the compiler warning that prompted the original change): http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/b84cb254e83a2dd3b31443d05163b32875e98fdf/with/3762c9332c14ac3b681bae2c99c49773c2e46e8a/libpurple/plugins/perl /perl-handlers.c. Since lucid will be around for several more years and there's no urgent reason (read security fixes) to move lucid to 2.7.x, could this minor fix be applied to allow perl pidgin plugins to work again in lucid? It's hard to release plugins when you have to then also convince most of your users to upgrade via a ppa or backports just to get basic plugins to work. lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Release: 10.04 apt-cache policy pidgin pidgin: Installed: 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.3 Candidate: 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.3 Version table: *** 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.3 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.1 0 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages 500 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages ** Affects: pidgin (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/781494 Title: Apply upstream fix to broken perl plugins for pidgin 2.6.6 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
