Pidgin in Intrepid should be updated to the new upstream (bug fixing) release (2.5.1).

[Nicola Ferralis]

Binary package hint: pidgin

Version 2.5.1 (08/31/2008) released with many bug fixes. Packages in Intrepid are still in version 2.5.

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    * libpurple
          o In the Join/Part plugin, add the ability to apply the rules to buddies. By default, joins and parts for buddies are still shown.
          o Support SOCKS proxies specified in GNOME or Windows proxy settings.
          o Fix some possible crashes in MSNP15.
          o Enable a default SSL trust relationship for MSN servers.
          o Avoid disconnecting from XMPP servers on parse errors that are non-fatal.
          o Include some perl files that were mistakenly omitted in 2.5.0.

    * Pidgin
          o Prevent use of custom smilies without "shortcuts."
          o Fix a crash that could appear with AIM buddy tooltips.

    * Artwork
          o General refresh of many icons in the interface.
          o Many cleanups to artwork source are now included in the distribution.
          o A new "throbber" animation has been added to indicate when accounts are connecting

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 263612, so it is being marked as such. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.