[Bug 37666] gaim segfaults on startup due to missing pounces.xml

[Michael Wardle]

Public bug reported:

Affects: gaim (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
For the past month or two, Gaim on Dapper has never been able to start.

This is the last bit of the debug output (from running gaim -d):
prefs: Finished reading /home/michael/.gaim/prefs.xml
plugins: Loading saved plugin /usr/lib/gaim/ssl-gnutls.so
plugins: Loading saved plugin /usr/lib/gaim/ssl.so
plugins: Loading saved plugin /usr/lib/gaim/notify.so
plugins: Loading saved plugin /usr/lib/gaim/gevolution.so
plugins: Loading saved plugin /usr/lib/gaim/autorecon.so
plugins: Loading saved plugin /usr/lib/gaim/history.so
plugins: Loading saved plugin /usr/lib/gaim/statenotify.so
plugins: Unable to find saved plugin /usr/local/lib/gaim/dbus-example.so
pounces: Error reading pounces: Failed to open file '/home/michael/.gaim/pounces.xml': No such file or directory
Gaim has segfaulted and attempted to dump a core file.
This is a bug in the software and has happened through
no fault of your own.
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gaim segfaults on startup due to missing pounces.xml
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/37666