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dejan555 · Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 2407 Location: Montenegro

Pidgin pets of version 2.10.3 compiled by Makoto updated in first post for puppy 431

vicmz · Joined: 15 Jan 2012 Posts: 615

tlchost · Posted: Tue 03 Apr 2012, 03:44 Post subject:

Thanks tons.....the 431 version works like a charm in Fluppy13.

Thom

darkstrike · Posted: Tue 24 Apr 2012, 14:41 Post subject:

Will that 431 pet for the 2.10.3 version of Pidgin work in Lucid 5.2.8?

They did some major fixes to the MSN protocol in that version so I would rather not be stuck with 2.10.0...?

Makoto · Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 18:42 Post subject:

If you're asking me, I couldn't tell you (I'm not using Puppy 5). It probably couldn't hurt to try, though. Some of the comments above do seem to indicate it works under at least some of the Puppy 5 variations.

darkstrike · Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 21:10 Post subject:

I was just asking in general - also, I tried it and it worked fine, so no worries! Smile

Makoto · Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 21:26 Post subject:

Glad to hear it. Smile

Makoto · Last edited by Makoto on Mon 07 May 2012, 23:49; edited 1 time in total

Pidgin 2.10.4 has been released, reportedly fixing two security issues.
ChangeLog – Pidgin – Trac

I've attempted a build for Puppy 4.3.1 as usual, but it hasn't been field-tested - the 4.3.1 system I had originally been using for compiling Pidgin has apparently gone down for good. Sad

I've set up a new 4.3.1 environment on much better hardware, and used it to compile this version. Let me know how everything works (or not). Smile

(It connects on my system, but it's after 2AM, so none of my contacts are around to bounce test messages. Mr. Green

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For download links, see the post by TheAsterisk!, below.

TheAsterisk! · Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 399 Location: SE Wisconsin, US

Makoto · Posted: Mon 07 May 2012, 23:47 Post subject:

Thanks! You might also want to archive the dependencies mentioned in the first post of this topic, just in case.

(I miss having my own server space... Sad

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TheAsterisk! · Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 399 Location: SE Wisconsin, US

Makoto · Posted: Tue 08 May 2012, 19:14 Post subject:

Yes, but I was thinking more in terms of getting my webpage back online. Embarassed

I don't know (yet) how my sysadmin would feel about hosting my compilations for Puppy. Smile

I never bothered with any of the free webpage hosting services, because I really wasn't sure about their TOSes (any content you post becomes theirs, more or less).

But, this is probably getting OT, so any further discussion would have to be in PMs, I'm sure.

So, has anyone tested the build? Very Happy

tlchost · Posted: Wed 09 May 2012, 10:22 Post subject:

Makoto · Posted: Thu 10 May 2012, 01:42 Post subject:

Thanks. I guess it's safe to say my build environment is set up correctly, at least. Smile

(I'm running into a few quirks with other things, with the new setup, but they're not related or crucial.)

Makoto

A couple more test compiles - this time, both are plugins for Pidgin, built against my Pidgin 2.10.4 (Puppy 4.3.1) dev setup. I probably should've created new topics for these, but wasn't sure, since they may well be tied to both my build of Pidgin and Puppy 4.3.1. Embarassed

The first is the Purple Plugin Pack (https://www.guifications.org/projects/purple-plugin-pack). Note: the GNU Talk Filters plugin probably requires the actual filters to be installed; I had difficulty trying to create a .pet package for the filters, however. (But, if they DO work without that package being installed, let me know. Smile

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The second is pidgin-otr (http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/). You'll need to install libotr as well as the pidgin-otr plugin, I believe.
However, I (and my contacts) don't use OTR, so I haven't tested this beyond making sure the plugin shows up in my plugins list, and that I could change the settings. Embarassed

So, as above, let me know if everything works correctly. I make no guarantees. Smile

I don't know, offhand, if these will work with Puppy 5 setups, so if you do try them with Puppy 5 and they work, feel free to mention it here. Very Happy

(I'm not posting any of the DEV/DOC/NLS packages at this time, but I'll add them if necessary.)