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We really shouldn't be doing a whole lot in our signal handler. The signal handler can get called in the middle of a malloc, for example, and if the signal handler tries to allocate memory then the program can deadlock. This change works around that problem by having the signal handler write to a pipe. Our main program watches the pipe for incoming data and performs the appropriate action. This patch is from Shaun Lindsay at Meebo. Fixes #10324

For information on writing a plugin for Purple, Pidgin or Finch, go
http://developer.pidgin.im and click on API.  From there, see the
HOWTOs in the "Related Pages" section.

You can also generate this documentation locally by installing
doxygen and graphviz dot, then running "make docs" in the
source tree.  The documentation will be in the docs/html directory.