Hi
This patch against to current pidgin debian sources creates a new
package pidgin-gnome which contains the problematic files. Pidgin now
recommends that package so that under normal circumstances it is
included in the pidgin installation. If, however, a user does not
want/need gnome-specific files they can just remove / not install the
package.
cheers
--
Stefan Ott
http://www.ott.net/
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." -- Frank Zappa
diff -Naur pidgin-2.4.3.orig/debian/control pidgin-2.4.3/debian/control
--- pidgin-2.4.3.orig/debian/control 2008-07-08 02:18:19.000000000 +0200
+++ pidgin-2.4.3/debian/control 2008-07-08 02:19:04.988250501 +0200
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
Depends: pidgin-data (>= ${source:Upstream-Version}), pidgin-data (<< ${source:Upstream-Version}-z), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}
Conflicts: gaim (<< 1:2.0.0+beta6-3), pidgin-data (<< 2.4.0-1)
Replaces: gaim (<< 1:2.0.0+beta6-3), pidgin-data (<< 2.4.0-1)
-Recommends: gstreamer0.10-plugins-base, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
+Recommends: gstreamer0.10-plugins-base, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good, pidgin-gnome
Suggests: gnome-panel (>= 2.1) | kicker (>= 3.1) | docker, evolution-data-server (>= 1.10.0), ${shlibs:Suggests}
Description: graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client for X
Pidgin is a graphical, modular Instant Messaging client capable of using
@@ -148,3 +148,10 @@
This package contains the utilities not included in the main libpurple0
package. Currently included are: purple-remote, purple-send,
purple-send-async, and purple-url-handler,
+
+Package: pidgin-gnome
+Section: net
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: multi-protocol instant messaging client - gnome files
+ This package contains the gnome specific files for pidgin
diff -Naur pidgin-2.4.3.orig/debian/pidgin-gnome.install pidgin-2.4.3/debian/pidgin-gnome.install
--- pidgin-2.4.3.orig/debian/pidgin-gnome.install 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ pidgin-2.4.3/debian/pidgin-gnome.install 2008-07-08 02:18:44.504268589 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+debian/tmp/etc/gconf
diff -Naur pidgin-2.4.3.orig/debian/pidgin.install pidgin-2.4.3/debian/pidgin.install
--- pidgin-2.4.3.orig/debian/pidgin.install 2008-07-08 02:18:19.000000000 +0200
+++ pidgin-2.4.3/debian/pidgin.install 2008-07-08 02:18:44.507375089 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-debian/tmp/etc/gconf
debian/tmp/usr/bin/pidgin
debian/tmp/usr/lib/perl5/Pidgin.pm
debian/tmp/usr/lib/perl5/auto/Pidgin
