Using links in labels could make a freeze, see GNOME #612066
g_return_val_if_fail (text != NULL, NULL);
g_return_val_if_fail (text != NULL, NULL);
+ /* GtkLabel with links could make infinite loop because of
+ * GNOME bug #612066. It is fixed in GTK >= 2.18.8 and GTK >= 2.19.7.
+ * FIXME: Remove this check once we have an hard dep on GTK 2.20 */
+ if (!gtk_check_version (2, 18, 8) ||
+ (gtk_minor_version == 19 && gtk_micro_version < 7)) {
+ return g_markup_escape_text (text, -1);
+ }
+
string = g_string_sized_new (strlen (text));
empathy_string_parser_substr (text, -1, parsers, string);
string = g_string_sized_new (strlen (text));
empathy_string_parser_substr (text, -1, parsers, string);