[Pidgin] #10155: Status icon theme not loaded when starting pidgin

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#10155: Status icon theme not loaded when starting pidgin
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 Reporter:  dadrc              |     Owner:  rekkanoryo
     Type:  defect             |    Status:  new       
Component:  unclassified       |   Version:  2.6.1     
 Keywords:  status icon theme  |  
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 When restarting (or shutting down and starting) Pidgin, the status icon
 theme set in prefs.xml is not loaded, instead the default theme is used.

 I've been able to reproduce this bug on Ubuntu 9.04 both 32 and 64 Bit,
 using the latest ppa version of Pidgin (2.6.1).

 To reproduce this bug, "install" a status icon theme (see
 [http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/StatusIconThemes wiki:Status icon themes]
 for a simple example), select it in Pidgin's options, check the prefs.xml
 to see if the option has been set and restart Pidgin.

 The theme won't be loaded and the option in prefs.xml will be reset to "".

 Here's the relevant part of my prefs.xml after activating the theme and
 shutting down Pidgin:

 {{{
 <pref name='icon-theme' type='string' value='ICQLookAlike'/>
 <pref name='icon-theme-dir' type='path'
 value='/home/drc/.purple/themes/icqlookalike/purple/status-icon'/>
 }}}

 And this is the same part after starting Pidgin again:

 {{{
 <pref name='icon-theme' type='string' value=''/>
 <pref name='icon-theme-dir' type='path' value=''/>
 }}}

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