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[gaim-migrate @ 18069] Patch from Graham Booker which prevents the following crash: Thread 0 Crashed: 0 Libgaim 0x0fbbbe3a flap_connection_send + 17 (flap_connection.c:977) 1 Libgaim 0x0fbb2c04 aim_srv_setidle + 61 (family_oservice.c:588) 2 Libgaim 0x0fb1470e set_account_unidle + 122 (idle.c:93) 3 Libgaim 0x0fafd75c gaim_signal_emit_vargs + 234 (signals.c:485) 4 Libgaim 0x0fafd7c4 gaim_signal_emit + 90 (signals.c:435) 5 Libgaim 0x0fb1da57 gaim_connection_destroy + 186 (connection.c:180) 6 Libgaim 0x0fb2cb46 gaim_account_disconnect + 119 (account.c:1017) 7 Libgaim 0x0fb1d3ee gaim_connection_disconnect_cb + 37 (connection.c:425) 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.