Porting panel plugins for 4.4

[Fabian Nowak]

Am Freitag, den 30.09.2005, 17:19 +0200 schrieb Jasper Huijsmans:
> Fabian Nowak schreef:
> ...
> >>
> >>
> >>>/usr/local/libexec/xfce4/panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin: error while
> >>>loading shared libraries: libxfce4panel.so.1: cannot open shared object
> >>>file: No such file or directory
> >>>
> >>>so hmm, did the panel not install the library correctly? i
> >>>have /usr/local/lib/libxfce4panel.so.1.0.1,
> >>>but /usr/local/libexec/xfce4/panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin.
> >>>
> >>>linking to libxfce4panel from /usr/local/libexec did not the job.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Very strange, that is exactly how it should be. Does the link 
> >>libxfce4panel.so.1 exist?
> > 
> > 
> > $ ls /usr/local/lib/libxfce4panel.so* -l
> > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root staff      22 2005-09-30
> > 14:57 /usr/local/lib/libxfce4panel.so -> libxfce4panel.so.1.0.1
> > 
> > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root staff      22 2005-09-30
> > 14:57 /usr/local/lib/libxfce4panel.so.1 -> libxfce4panel.so.1.0.1
> > 
> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root staff 1257652 2005-09-30
> > 14:57 /usr/local/lib/libxfce4panel.so.1.0.1
> > 
> > as said, libexec only contains the netload-plugin per default.
> 
> Hmm, is /usr/local/lib in your /etc/ld.so.conf or LD_LIBRARY_PATH?
> 
in fact, it was not. *astonished*.
perhaps this should be added into the READMEs or even better the "make
install" output...

so now it comes clear why so many xfce-goodies install themselves
into /usr/lib per default -> offensive of quality: make all goodies
install to /usr/local per default and document everywhere to add the
path ...

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