Help needed?

[Kevin Stange]

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On 07/09/2010 01:51 AM, eyekay wrote:
> Hello kelvin,
> 
> I'm rather a newbie at compiling and decompiling source codes. All I
> wanted was for all the protocols that link to external things like
> yahoo,msn, aim and others disabled so that when pidgin is installed
> the user can only make use of the Xmpp/jabber protocols.

What platform are you trying to obtain this for?  If it's Windows, there
is a method to compile Pidgin without the additional plugins or build
them statically, but you could also just unpack the zip distribution,
remove the DLL files for protocols you don't want then redistribute it.

You can do the same with other binary releases by removing the .so files
for those protocols and repackaging.

> Can I get someone to help me out with doing this and send me the
> edited version of pidgin?

If you are on a platform other than Windows, this is a strange request
because as I indicated previously there is no modification needed to the
software to remove support for protocols you don't want, you simply
select not to compile them when you run the configuration script.

For details on building Pidgin, see:

http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Installing%20Pidgin#Compiling

If you are looking for a custom binary build of Pidgin lacking
everything besides XMPP, preparing one depends on what platform you
intend to your software, including knowledge of which versions of
various dependencies will be present, CPU architecture and operating
system.  It is probably best that you familiarize yourself with the
process of building Pidgin and perform the task yourself on a machine
configured similarly to the one you intend to run the software on, so
that you can keep your limited distribution up to date in case there are
bugs in the core code or XMPP that have stability or security implications.

For that reason I would certainly recommend against pulling the
Gaim/Pidgin 1.5.x code because it will be riddled with these defects and
the responsibility to correct them would fall entirely to you.

> I'll be willing to pay a widows mite if the person can help me edit it and send.
>
> If you can or know someone who can please do get in touch with me so I
> can explain in details what I want done.

This is not something I'm up to, but perhaps someone else is willing.

Kevin

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