[Pidgin] #2883: Not a bug, yet still a HUGE pain: no binary installed

[Pidgin]

#2883: Not a bug, yet still a HUGE pain: no binary installed
--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
 Reporter:  bezeek        |       Type:  defect
   Status:  new           |   Priority:  minor 
Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |    Version:  2.1.1 
 Keywords:                |    Pending:  0     
--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
 Installing Pidgin under any Portage-based Linux distribution can be quite
 the pain in the rectal region depending on the circumstances. I've spent
 three days hunting for an answer as to why no matter how many times I
 emerged Pidgin, there was never any Pidgin binary installed on my system.

 Well, it turns out the installer graciously ignores any will to install
 the graphical interface (Pidgin) if the GTK USE flag is disabled (as is
 the case on many, if not most systems running KDE.) Instead, it silently
 reverts to Finch, yet still throws a convincing argument that Pidgin was
 installed, including an entry for Pidgin on the KMenu.

 Please, for the sake of everyone else with this trouble, (and I noticed
 many on the Sabayon Linux forums, where I finally found my answer,) have
 the installer for the next release throw some sort of warning in the event
 that only Finch is about to be installed.

 (Oh, and the link to explain WikiFormatting on the ticket submission page
 should really open a new page instead of stealing the current one.)

 - Brian

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/2883>
Pidgin <http://pidgin.im>
Pidgin