diff -r c3146c500dae -r 6269c8333ae6 pidgin/gtkmain.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkmain.c	Sun Jan 13 16:25:11 2008 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkmain.c	Sun Jan 13 16:44:39 2008 +0000
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@
 		{"session",  required_argument, NULL, 's'},
 		{"version",  no_argument,       NULL, 'v'},
 		{"display",  required_argument, NULL, 'D'},
+		{"sync",     no_argument,       NULL, 'S'},
 		{0, 0, 0, 0}
 	};
 
@@ -517,7 +518,7 @@
 	debug_enabled = FALSE;
 #endif
 
-	/* This is the first Glib function call. Make sure to initialize GThread bfeore then */
+	/* Initialize GThread before calling any Glib or GTK+ functions. */
 	g_thread_init(NULL);
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
@@ -654,6 +655,7 @@
 			opt_si = FALSE;
 			break;
 		case 'D':   /* --display */
+		case 'S':   /* --sync */
 			/* handled by gtk_init_check below */
 			break;
 		case '?':	/* show terse help */