[Pidgin] #15717: plugins\perl.dll is not loadable

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#15717: plugins\perl.dll is not loadable
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 Reporter:  bsdz    |       Owner:  rekkanoryo
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new
Milestone:          |   Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.10.7  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:          |
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Comment (by bsdz):

 Some more information. I managed to compile Pidgin myself and run gdb and
 it I get the same error. Although now it seems to be coming from
 perl510.dll.
 {{{
 $ /cygdrive/c/MinGW/bin/gdb.exe  ./pidgin.exe
 GNU gdb (GDB) 7.4
 This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-mingw32".
 Reading symbols from C:\blairlocal\Projects\pidgin-
 devel\pidgin-2.10.7\win32-install-dir\pidgin.exe...done.
 (gdb) r
 Starting program: C:\blairlocal\Projects\pidgin-devel\pidgin-2.10.7\win32
 -install-dir\pidgin.exe
 [New Thread 11660.0x2890]
 [New Thread 11660.0x1280]
 [New Thread 11660.0x2ee8]
 [New Thread 11660.0x33b8]
 [New Thread 11660.0x2f80]

 Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
 0x0368b510 in perl510!init_Win32CORE ()
    from C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl510.dll
 (gdb) bt
 #0  0x0368b510 in perl510!init_Win32CORE ()
    from C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl510.dll
 #1  0x776e9950 in ntdll!RtlpNtMakeTemporaryKey ()
    from C:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
 #2  0x03580000 in ?? ()
 #3  0x776ed8c9 in ntdll!RtlEmptyAtomTable ()
    from C:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
 #4  0x03581060 in ?? () from C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl510.dll
 #5  0x776ed78c in ntdll!RtlEmptyAtomTable ()
    from C:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
 #6  0x00000000 in ?? ()
 }}}

 The next step would be to try and compile against a newer version of Perl.
 Unfortunately, there aren't any clear instructions on how to do this - so
 may take a while.

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