[Pidgin] #13100: Pidgin died after apt-get upgrade

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#13100: Pidgin died after apt-get upgrade
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 Reporter:  blackflute  |        Owner:  rekkanoryo  
     Type:  defect      |       Status:  pending     
Milestone:              |    Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.7.7       |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:              |  
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Changes (by blackflute):

  * status:  pending => new


Comment:

 > Does pidgin crash when it starts or when accounts sign on?

 When it starts - never starts actually, just the segfault message.

 > Does 'pidgin -n' start correctly?

 No.

 > try moving your .purple directory aside (don't delete it) and seeing if
 pidgin starts
 > correctly at that point.

 I tried that before filing this ticket. No soap.



 (gdb) run -d
 Starting program: /usr/bin/pidgin -d
 [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
 [New Thread 0xb680c6c0 (LWP 10309)]
 (22:48:37) prefs: Reading /home/tomd/.purple/prefs.xml
 (22:48:37) prefs: Reading /etc/purple/prefs.xml
 (22:48:37) prefs: purple_prefs_get_string: /pidgin/browsers/command not a
 string pref
 (22:48:37) dbus: okkk
 (22:48:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp_format.so
 (22:48:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/sendbutton.so
 (22:48:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/markerline.so
 (22:48:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/pidginrc.so
 (22:48:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/cap.so
 (22:48:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp.so
 (22:48:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/spellchk.so
 (22:48:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gtkbuddynote.so
 (22:48:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/history.so
 (22:48:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gevolution.so
 (22:48:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/convcolors.so
 (22:48:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/ticker.so
 (22:48:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/extplacement.so
 (22:48:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/xmppconsole.so
 (22:48:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/musicmessaging.so
 (22:48:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/iconaway.so
 (22:48:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gestures.so
 (22:48:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/notify.so
 (22:48:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/autoaccept.so
 (22:48:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/idle.so
 (22:48:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl-nss.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsametime.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libsametime.so has a prefs_info, but
 is a prpl. This is no longer supported.
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsilcpurple.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libicq.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/perl.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/buddynote.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/offlinemsg.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/dbus-example.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libnovell.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libqq.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/newline.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/joinpart.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so is not usable because
 the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found.  Does the plugin call
 the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/statenotify.so
 (22:48:39) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libxmpp.so
 (22:48:40) util: Reading file xmpp-caps.xml from directory
 /home/tomd/.purple
 (22:48:40) util: File /home/tomd/.purple/xmpp-caps.xml does not exist
 (this is not necessarily an error)
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libyahoo.so
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libirc.so
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libzephyr.so
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/log_reader.so
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/psychic.so
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmyspace.so
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/liboscar.so
 (22:48:40) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/liboscar.so is not usable because
 the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found.  Does the plugin call
 the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl.so
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl-gnutls.so
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/tcl.so
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libaim.so
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libbonjour.so
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libgg.so
 (22:48:40) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsimple.so
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline changed, scheduling save.
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/status/scores/available changed, scheduling
 save.
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/status/scores/invisible changed, scheduling
 save.
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/status/scores/away changed, scheduling save.
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/status/scores/extended_away changed, scheduling
 save.
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/status/scores/idle changed, scheduling save.
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline_msg changed, scheduling
 save.
 (22:48:40) util: Reading file accounts.xml from directory
 /home/tomd/.purple
 (22:48:40) util: File /home/tomd/.purple/accounts.xml does not exist (this
 is not necessarily an error)
 (22:48:40) util: Reading file status.xml from directory /home/tomd/.purple
 (22:48:40) util: File /home/tomd/.purple/status.xml does not exist (this
 is not necessarily an error)
 (22:48:40) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, singleuse requested but
 not found.
 (22:48:40) certificate: CertificateVerifier singleuse registered
 (22:48:40) certificate: CertificatePool x509, ca requested but not found.
 (22:48:40) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found.
 (22:48:40) certificate/x509/ca: Lazy init failed because an X.509 Scheme
 is not yet registered. Maybe it will be better later.
 (22:48:40) certificate/x509/ca: Init failed, probably because a dependency
 is not yet registered. It has been deferred to later.
 (22:48:40) certificate: CertificatePool ca registered
 (22:48:40) certificate: CertificatePool x509, tls_peers requested but not
 found.
 (22:48:40) certificate: CertificatePool tls_peers registered
 (22:48:40) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, tls_cached requested but
 not found.
 (22:48:40) certificate: CertificateVerifier tls_cached registered
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save.
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save.
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/proxy/type changed, scheduling save.
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/proxy/host changed, scheduling save.
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/proxy/port changed, scheduling save.
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/proxy/username changed, scheduling save.
 (22:48:40) prefs: /purple/proxy/password changed, scheduling save.
 (22:48:40) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found.
 (22:48:40) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 registered
 (22:48:40) stun: using server
 (22:48:41) sound: Initializing sound output drivers.
 (22:48:41) prefs: /pidgin/conversations/placement changed, scheduling
 save.

 Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
 [Switching to Thread 0xb680c6c0 (LWP 10309)]
 0xb6d67e38 in strcmp () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 (gdb)

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