Don't overwrite symbolic links to settings files with proper files

[Victor Engmark]

Binary package hint: pidgin

My ~/.purple directory contains symbolic links to my personal settings (prefs.xml, accounts.xml and blist.xml) which reside in a Subversion sandbox. Whenever Pidgin starts, it seems to parse these files and then overwrite them with proper files containing the same configuration information plus other info. This makes it harder to handle the configuration data for synchronization across computers.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 15 13:49:31 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
Package: pidgin 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[Magnus S (magnuss)]

I agree. Is sounds like a good idea to be able to set an option in pidgin not to overwrite those files, in case you want to store them on a centralized server.

q: will pidgin work if you set the file permissions to read-only?

//magnus

[yousef sadeq (yoss-mahmoud)]

hi, i saved my pwd in pidgin settings so i can run it immediately,
but i am trying to launch it , it wouldn't appear .... i check my connection its ok. i cant reach the account or any thing to modify my settings..
in other words i click on pidgin icon but nothing happen, i went to terminal and killed the process and tried again...nothing happen plz help

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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