diff -r 1a294a6d2a57 -r 9a6551eba09c libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/common.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/common.c	Thu Mar 23 19:37:57 2017 +0300
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/common.c	Thu Mar 23 21:01:15 2017 +0300
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 {
 	char *foo, *res;
 
-	if (!ptr || !*ptr || !strcmp(*ptr, ""))
+	if (!ptr || !*ptr || purple_strequal(*ptr, ""))
 		return NULL;
 
 	res = *ptr;