-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:18:35 PDT > From: Vladimir <vlatov at gmail.com> > To: desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > Subject: Re: [desktop-discuss] pidgin upgrade soon? > Message-ID: <50397797.3791238692745197.JavaMail.Twebapp at sf-app1> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Steve, I'm using 2008.11 and was forced to compile Pidgin 2.5.5 >myself because of the recent problem with ICQ. I just want to let you know >that it didn't "compile fine" :) I had to install a bunch of different >packages and not all of them could be obtained through the Package Manager >(I'm talking about the necessity to get GNU gettext instead of Solaris). >A few important tweaks (that I wasn't aware of) were also needed and as I >have no experience in compiling C++ projects, it was really tedious to >discover >the way to my ultimate goal :/ If you are interested, you can have a look at >the >http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=363399#363399 thread. >So, believe me, for most users lacking ICQ it would be really great if there >was >an option to just update Pidgin via the Package Manager.
Hi Vladimir, It might be because I already had everything needed installed to compile Pidgin-2.5.5, but when I said I didn't do anything special to compile it, I wasn't dishonest about it. I posted the configuration options I used which were basically the same as the ones used to compile Pidgin-2.5.1 which comes w/ OpenSolaris. I'd be happy to provide you w/ the archive w/ the binaries that I compiled w/ the source. You can see I didn't change anything. I can also post the other plugins I compiled w/ source for Pidgin as well. I was successful in compiling several other plugins for Pidgin while updating it. Mbpurple, a twitter addon, pidgin-privacy-please, bot-sentry, and pidgin-sipe. I only compiled the latest release because like you, I needed a working ICQ to chat w/ some friends in Europe. :-) I did make my first package for Solaris last week after all these years, so if you need a package, I'd be happy to make one for you. Either way, I'd be willing to help you get it working. I spend a good portion of my day using email/instant messaging so I know how important it can be. Drop me an email here @ my gmail address or Steven.Blackford at Sun.Com. Take care. - -- Steve, kb7sqi at gmail.com http://kb7sqi.dyndns.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (SunOS) iEYEARECAAYFAknVXeQACgkQf3QhT0ILU+umigCfXnp9z4dBfFxFT0514sJJXoan c7UAoNINWd5yFT7pSTbfm2j5gRJRa0aZ =RHzM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
