[Pidgin] #8758: perl plugin does not get unloaded

[Pidgin]

#8758: perl plugin does not get unloaded
---------------------+------------------------------------------------------
 Reporter:  cavedon  |           Owner:  deryni 
     Type:  defect   |          Status:  new    
Milestone:           |       Component:  plugins
  Version:  2.5.5    |      Resolution:         
 Keywords:           |   Launchpad_bug:         
---------------------+------------------------------------------------------

Comment(by cavedon):

 "perl.so" is not the perl library, but the pidgin perl plugin itself. The
 perl library "libperl.so" is loaded automatically because the perl plugin
 is dynamically linked against it.

 I believe that the perl plugin is incrementing its own reference counter:
 in this way g_module_close() called on plugin unload will decrement the
 reference counter but not unload the shared library (and the perl symbols
 with it).

 I think you are right, that we need perl symbols available after plugin
 unload (like we need tcl symbols), but this is achieved by preventing the
 unloading of the plugin itself, I think.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8758#comment:10>
Pidgin <http://pidgin.im>
Pidgin