[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 576563] pidgin crashes on exit in gst_plugin_ext_dep_free()

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------- Comment #2 from Götz Waschk  2009-03-24 13:47 UTC -------
I'll check the patch. Yes, pidgin explicitly disables forking:

/* By default, gstreamer forks when you initialize it, and waitpids for the     
 * child.  But if libpurple reaps the child rather than leaving it to           
 * gstreamer, gstreamer's initialization fails.  So, we wait a second before    
 * reaping child processes, to give gst a chance to reap it if it wants to.     
 *                                                                              
 * This is not needed in later gstreamers, which let us disable the forking.    
 * And, it breaks the world on some Real Unices.                                
 */


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