diff --git a/gnome2/pidgin/pidgin.conf b/gnome2/pidgin/pidgin.conf
index 46fc511da..c1e15166c 100644
--- a/gnome2/pidgin/pidgin.conf
+++ b/gnome2/pidgin/pidgin.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../pidgin/pidgin.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 var_append confopt ' ' "--disable-schemas-install"
+# we don't have meanwhile packaged yet
+var_append confopt ' ' '--disable-meanwhile'
+# we don't have NetworkManager yet
+var_append confopt ' ' '--disable-nm'
diff --git a/gnome2/pidgin/pidgin.desc b/gnome2/pidgin/pidgin.desc
index bed239804..550235278 100644
--- a/gnome2/pidgin/pidgin.desc
+++ b/gnome2/pidgin/pidgin.desc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY]
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../pidgin/pidgin.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY]
 [COPY] More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 [COPY]
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.2.1
+[V] 2.5.5
 [P] X -----5---9 178.200
 
 [O] . $base/package/*/*/gnome2-or-gtk-conf.in
 
-[D] 25994370 pidgin-2.2.1.tar.bz2 http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pidgin/
+[D] 3522010998 pidgin-2.5.5.tar.bz2 http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pidgin/