Build plugin as a module

panel-plugin/Makefile.am

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-plugindir = $(libexecdir)/xfce4/panel-plugins
+plugindir = $(libdir)/xfce4/panel-plugins
-plugin_PROGRAMS = xfce4-netload-plugin
+plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libnetload.la
 
 LIBS = @LIBS@ @SOLLIBS@
 
-xfce4_netload_plugin_SOURCES =						\
+libnetload_la_SOURCES =							\
 	netload.c							\
 	monitor-label.c							\
 	monitor-label.h							\
@@ -16,14 +16,21 @@ xfce4_netload_plugin_SOURCES =						\
 	global.h							\
 	slurm.h
 
-xfce4_netload_plugin_CFLAGS =						\
+libnetload_la_CFLAGS =							\
 	-DPACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR=\"$(localedir)\"				\
-	@LIBXFCE4PANEL_CFLAGS@				\
+	@LIBXFCE4PANEL_CFLAGS@						\
 	@LIBXFCE4UI_CFLAGS@
 
-xfce4_netload_plugin_LDADD =						\
+libnetload_la_LDFLAGS =							\
-	@SOLLIBS@                                   			\
+	-avoid-version							\
-	@LIBXFCE4PANEL_LIBS@                                   			\
+	-module								\
+	-no-undefined							\
+	-export-symbols-regex '^xfce_panel_module_(preinit|init|construct)' \
+	$(PLATFORM_LDFLAGS)
+
+libnetload_la_LIBADD =							\
+	@SOLLIBS@							\
+	@LIBXFCE4PANEL_LIBS@						\
 	@LIBXFCE4UI_LIBS@
 
 # .desktop file

panel-plugin/netload.c

@@ -1271,4 +1271,4 @@ static void netload_construct (XfcePanelPlugin *plugin)
     run_update( global );
 }
 
-XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN_REGISTER_EXTERNAL (netload_construct);
+XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN_REGISTER (netload_construct);

panel-plugin/netload.desktop.in.in

@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ Encoding=UTF-8
 _Name=Network Monitor
 _Comment=Show network traffic
 Icon=xfce4-netload-plugin
-X-XFCE-Exec=@PLUGIN_PATH@/xfce4-netload-plugin
+X-XFCE-Module=netload
+X-XFCE-Internal=FALSE