[Pidgin] #17396: Build failure with python-3.8

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#17396: Build failure with python-3.8
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 Reporter:  yarda   |       Owner:  EionRobb
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new
Milestone:          |   Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.13.0  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:          |
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Comment (by QuLogic):

 Thanks for the patch. I expect we won't have another 2.13.x release, and
 for 2.14.0, we've split `libgnt` into a
 [https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/libgnt/ separate package], and it now uses
 [https://mesonbuild.com/ Meson]. Feel free to continue using this patch
 downstream, but i guess we'll need to modify it somewhat to work for the
 next release.

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