[Pidgin] #14966: Pidgin for Windows appears to lack Perl support

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#14966: Pidgin for Windows appears to lack Perl support
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 Reporter:  esotericist  |       Owner:  datallah
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  closed
Milestone:               |   Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.10.1       |  Resolution:  worksforme
 Keywords:               |
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Comment (by datallah):

 As the instructions in the [wiki:"Scripting and
 Plugins#WhydoesntmyPerlpluginshowupinthePluginsdialog" FAQ] say (as well
 as the previous comments on this page), you need to use Perl 5.10.
 I realize that is out of date - patches to update it are welcome.

  * The Perl Interpreter isn't compiled into the binary, you need to
 provide a compatible interpreter.
  * If a suitable Perl interpreter was found, then the plugin would appear
 as enabled in the Build Information dialog
  * There is handling to pull the !ActivePerl installation information out
 of the registry, otherwise it'll look in the System PATH for the Perl 5.10
 runtime dll.
  * perl.exe is irrelevant

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Ticket URL: <https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14966#comment:9>
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