diff -urN gedit-2.18.0.orig/gedit/gedit-plugins-engine.c gedit-2.18.0/gedit/gedit-plugins-engine.c
--- gedit-2.18.0.orig/gedit/gedit-plugins-engine.c	2007-03-20 20:55:17.000000000 +0100
+++ gedit-2.18.0/gedit/gedit-plugins-engine.c	2007-03-22 21:37:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
 	GError *error = NULL;
 	GDir *d;
 	const gchar *dirent;
+	GSList *ap;
 
 	g_return_if_fail (gedit_plugins_engine_gconf_client != NULL);
 
@@ -340,9 +341,16 @@
 
 			/* Actually, the plugin will be activated when reactivate_all
 			 * will be called for the first time. */
-			info->active = (g_slist_find_custom (active_plugins,
-							     info->location,
-							     (GCompareFunc)strcmp) != NULL);
+			ap = active_plugins;
+			while (ap != NULL)
+			{
+				if (strcmp (info->location, (gchar *)ap->data) == 0)
+				{
+					info->active = TRUE;
+				}
+
+				ap = g_slist_next (ap);
+			}
 
 			gedit_plugins_list = g_list_prepend (gedit_plugins_list, info);