Re: pidgin broken?

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:12:05 -0400
Greg Troxel <gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost> wrote:

> 
> I just updated pkgsrc and ran pkg_rolling-replace -uv.  pidgin and
> libpurple are now at 2.5.0.  I am trying to connect to two jabber
> servers, jabberd 1.4.2 and a 2.1.23.  I get "XML Parse error" back
> from the server.
> 
> I rolled back to libpurple and pidgin 2.4.3 with pkg_add -uf and it
> works again.  I did not roll back any xml libraries or anything else.
> 
> My pkgsrc was updated from 9/14 1130UTC.
> 
Ah -- that explains the trouble I've been having with my jabber
connections..


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb