[Pidgin] #8129: libcairo crashes Pidgin on Windows on startup

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#8129: libcairo crashes Pidgin on Windows on startup
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 Reporter:  yellowstar                               |        Owner:                 
     Type:  defect                                   |       Status:  new            
Milestone:                                           |    Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.4                                    |   Resolution:                 
 Keywords:  libcairo cairo_scaled_font_text_extents  |  
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Comment(by cherry):

 I experience the same problems with Pidgin.
 There is something funny going on with GTK+ lib (I suspect DLLs from
 somewhere else on my system are used instead of the DLLs from the GTK+
 install). I worked around the problem by using Pidgin Portable from
 http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/pidgin_portable
 They have the GTK stuff included directly somehow (don't know exactly,
 maybe static linking or just fixed paths or something) which makes it
 work.

 I know this is probably not very helpful in regards to solving the problem
 but it might be useful for some of the upset Pidgin users here.

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