Judging by the Debian bug report ( http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=544734 ) about the same issue, the problem would seem to be in build options rather than code.
The magical thing about the Debian package isn't the 1.1.1 upstream release but the packaging fix incorporated in the latest update to the package in Debian sid. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #544734 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=544734 -- empathy crashed with SIGILL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456530 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs