Oh sry, just saw that what I wrote already stands in the original description.
But I have other news: As the trac instance of pidgin.im tells me, it's an autotools bug (http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1595). And indeed, after I replaced automake 1.10 with automake 1.09 pidgin compiled. -- compile error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210403 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