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[gaim-migrate @ 14787] SF Patch #1379107 from evands 'Properly notify the UI when a buddy icon changes gaim_buddy_set_icon() currently does nothing if the incoming GaimBuddyIcon* is the same as buddy->icon. This is wrong, however, because gaim_buddy_icon_new() will recycle an existing GaimBuddyIcon* object for the buddy, replacing its data with the new buddy icon data, if possible. The recycling means that just because (icon == buddy->icon) we can't assume nothing has changed. This patch makes the "buddy-icon-changed" signal be sent and the gaim_blist_update_buddy_icon() function be called appropriately when the buddy icon changes. Call stack that gets us here from prpl code, for those keeping score at home: gaim_buddy_icons_set_for_user() -> gaim_buddy_icon_new() -> gaim_buddy_icon_set_data() -> gaim_buddy_icon_update() -> gaim_buddy_set_icon()' committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

This file describes how to compile and run gaim with dbus support.
Hopefully, most of the steps from point 3 will soon be automated.


1. Make sure you have the latest version (0.34) of the dbus library
   installed, including glib bindings.  

   http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus


2. Compile gaim

   ./configure --enable-dbus
   make
   make install


3. Configure your dbus instalation for gaim

   A. Find your dbus session configuration file, usually

      /etc/dbus-1/session.conf

   B. In that file, find the <servicedir> section.  This section
      contains the directory that stores files describing services,
      usually

      /usr/share/dbus-1/services

   C. Copy src/dbus-gaim.service to that directory

   D. Edit the dbus-gaim.service file you've just copied, and replace
      the path in the "Exec=" line with the path to your gaim
      executable.


4. Start Session DBUS if you haven't done it already

   eval `dbus-launch --session`
   export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID

   These commands will set the two above shell variables.  These
   variables must be set before running any dbus-aware programs.

Start gaim as usual.  To communicate with it, use "gaim-send".  When
you execute gaim-send, the dbus system will automatically start a gaim
process if one is not running already.