Have you tried to reproduce this on pidgin 2.4 ?
pidgin: Installed: 1:2.4.0-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:2.4.0-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:2.4.0-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Have you tried to reproduce this on pidgin 2.4 ?
pidgin: archive. ubuntu. com hardy/main Packages dpkg/status
Installed: 1:2.4.0-1ubuntu1
Candidate: 1:2.4.0-1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1:2.4.0-1ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/