You might also want to backport this commit
http://git.gnome.org/browse/empathy/commit/?h=gnome-2-30&id=2ef3eae87e929ed67ad4b36ff612dda60febedb4
upstream did it for Ubuntu so that it clear the path for bug 531835
You might also want to backport this commit
http:// git.gnome. org/browse/ empathy/ commit/ ?h=gnome- 2-30&id= 2ef3eae87e929ed 67ad4b36ff612dd a60febedb4
upstream did it for Ubuntu so that it clear the path for bug 531835