[SOLVED] slackpkg update 20130214 - pidgin broken for IRC?
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I just did a slackpkg update, then slackpkg upgrade-all after a week or so and pidgin-2.10.7 seems like it's broken for IRC. IRC just is not an option. This is a full install of slackware-14.0, 32 bit on a 2yo desktop.
I tried a reboot, I tried running from terminal with no error messages.
Is it just me or can anyone confirm?
Note, this is a very recent update and it may not be through to your selected mirror yet.
TIA
Solved 20130215 22:46:52 UTC
Last edited by 01micko; 02-16-2013 at 05:43 AM.
Reason: added pidgin version
I have to say that's a really silly option to hide in a point release that's advertised as being primarily important as a security fix. It doesn't even look like there's a configure option to disable it.
xap/pidgin-2.10.7-i486-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Fixed IRC support. When building with SASL support (new in 2.10.7), the
IRC plugin needs to link against libsasl2, otherwise it will fail to load.
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