--- pidgin-2.1.0/finch/libgnt/gnttree.c.oldglib	2007-07-30 07:27:14.000000000 -0400
+++ pidgin-2.1.0/finch/libgnt/gnttree.c	2007-07-30 07:32:18.000000000 -0400
@@ -984,7 +984,12 @@
 			g_param_spec_int("columns", "Columns",
 				"Number of columns in the tree.",
 				1, G_MAXINT, 1,
-				G_PARAM_READWRITE|G_PARAM_STATIC_NAME|G_PARAM_STATIC_NICK|G_PARAM_STATIC_BLURB
+				G_PARAM_READWRITE|
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,8,0)
+				G_PARAM_STATIC_NAME|G_PARAM_STATIC_NICK|G_PARAM_STATIC_BLURB
+#else
+				G_PARAM_PRIVATE
+#endif
 			)
 		);