Build the plugin as a module.

Makefile.am

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ SUBDIRS =								\
 distclean-local:
 	rm -rf *.spec *.cache *~
 
+distuninstallcheck_listfiles = \
+    find . -type f -print | grep -v ./share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
+
 rpm: dist
 	rpmbuild -ta $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 	@rm -f $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz

panel-plugin/Makefile.am

@@ -3,36 +3,37 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = 								\
 	-DPACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR=\"$(localedir)\"			\
 	-DTHEMESDIR=\"$(datadir)/xfce4/eyes/themes\"
 
-plugindir = $(libexecdir)/xfce4/panel-plugins
-plugin_PROGRAMS = xfce4-eyes-plugin
+plugindir = $(libdir)/xfce4/panel/plugins
+plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libeyes.la
 
-xfce4_eyes_plugin_SOURCES =						\
+libeyes_la_SOURCES =					\
 	eyes.h								\
 	eyes.c								\
 	themes.h							\
 	themes.c
 
-xfce4_eyes_plugin_CFLAGS =						\
+libeyes_la_CFLAGS =						\
 	$(LIBXFCE4UI_CFLAGS)				\
 	$(LIBXFCE4PANEL_CFLAGS)
 
-xfce4_eyes_plugin_LDADD =						\
+libeyes_la_LIBADD =						\
 	$(LIBXFCE4PANEL_LIBS)				\
 	$(LIBXFCE4UI_LIBS)
 
-desktopdir = $(datadir)/xfce4/panel-plugins
-desktop_in_in_files = eyes.desktop.in.in
-desktop_in_files = $(desktop_in_in_files:.desktop.in.in=.desktop.in)
-%.desktop.in: %.desktop.in.in
-	sed -e "s,\@libexecdir\@,$(libexecdir),g" < $< > $@
+libeyes_la_LDFLAGS =					\
+	-avoid-version 						\
+	-module 							\
+	-no-undefined						\
+	-export-symbols-regex '^xfce_panel_module_(preinit|init|construct)' \
+	$(PLATFORM_LDFLAGS)
+
+desktopdir = $(datadir)/xfce4/panel/plugins
+desktop_in_files = eyes.desktop.in
 desktop_DATA = $(desktop_in_files:.desktop.in=.desktop)
 @INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE@
 
-EXTRA_DIST =								\
-	$(desktop_in_in_files)
+EXTRA_DIST = $(desktop_in_files)
 
-CLEANFILES =								\
-	$(desktop_in_files)						\
-	$(desktop_DATA)
+CLEANFILES = $(desktop_DATA)
 
 # vi:set ts=8 sw=8 noet ai nocindent syntax=automake:

panel-plugin/eyes.c

@@ -548,4 +548,4 @@ eyes_construct (XfcePanelPlugin *plugin)
     xfce_panel_plugin_add_action_widget (plugin, eyes->ebox);
 }
 
-XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN_REGISTER_EXTERNAL (eyes_construct);
+XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN_REGISTER (eyes_construct)

panel-plugin/eyes.desktop.in

@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ Encoding=UTF-8
 _Name=Eyes
 _Comment=Eyes that spy on you
 Icon=xfce4-eyes
-X-XFCE-Exec=@libexecdir@/xfce4/panel-plugins/xfce4-eyes-plugin
+X-XFCE-Internal=FALSE
+X-XFCE-Module=eyes

po/POTFILES.in

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 panel-plugin/eyes.c
 panel-plugin/themes.c
-panel-plugin/eyes.desktop.in.in
+panel-plugin/eyes.desktop.in