diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5d47414..790b4b9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -152,16 +152,12 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h:config.h.in])
 
 dnl configure plugin directories
 dnl TODO: make this conditional
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([
-	plugins/pyloader/config/sgpemv2-uninstalled.pc:config/sgpemv2-uninstalled.pc.in
-	plugins/xmlsave/config/sgpemv2-uninstalled.pc:config/sgpemv2-uninstalled.pc.in
-])
-AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([
-	plugins/pyloader
-	plugins/xmlsave
-])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([plugins/pyloader/config/sgpemv2-uninstalled.pc:config/sgpemv2-uninstalled.pc.in])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([plugins/xmlsave/config/sgpemv2-uninstalled.pc:config/sgpemv2-uninstalled.pc.in])
 
+AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([plugins/pyloader plugins/xmlsave])
 
+# Now, output this very package Makefiles:
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([ 
 	Makefile
 	po/Makefile.in
diff --git a/plugins/pyloader/src/hook.cc b/plugins/pyloader/src/hook.cc
index 6426360..30ef3fb 100644
--- a/plugins/pyloader/src/hook.cc
+++ b/plugins/pyloader/src/hook.cc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// src/backend/pyloader/hook.cc - Copyright 2005, 2006, University
+// src/hook.cc - Copyright 2005, 2006, University
 //               of Padova, dept. of Pure and Applied
 //               Mathematics
 //
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 #include "python_policy_manager.hh"
 
+#include "config.h"
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
diff --git a/plugins/xmlsave/Makefile.am b/plugins/xmlsave/Makefile.am
index 6dfaa56..f4bdde4 100644
--- a/plugins/xmlsave/Makefile.am
+++ b/plugins/xmlsave/Makefile.am
@@ -60,32 +60,32 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
 
 # ############################################################
 #
-# source : libpyloader.la
+# source : libxmlsave.la
 #
 # ############################################################
 
 plugin_LTLIBRARIES += libxmlsave.la
 
-libpyloader_la_CPPFLAGS = \
+libxmlsave_la_CPPFLAGS = \
                -I@top_srcdir@ \
                -DSHAREDIR="\"$(sharedir)\"" \
                -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(localedir)\"" \
                $(LIBXML2_CFLAGS) \
                $(GLIBMM_CFLAGS) \
 	       $(SGPEMV2_CFLAGS)
-libpyloader_la_CXXFLAGS = \
+libxmlsave_la_CXXFLAGS = \
                $(VISIB_HIDDEN)
-libpyloader_la_LIBADD = \
+libxmlsave_la_LIBADD = \
                $(LIBXML2_LIBS) \
                $(GLIBMM_LIBS) \
                $(SGPEMV2_LIBS)
-libpyloader_la_LDFLAGS = \
+libxmlsave_la_LDFLAGS = \
                $(LT_LDFLAGS) \
                -version-info 0:0:0 \
                -module
 
 # Please keep this in sorted order:
-libpyloader_la_SOURCES = \
+libxmlsave_la_SOURCES = \
                src/hook.cc
 
 noinst_HEADERS += 
@@ -103,25 +103,25 @@ if COND_TESTS
 #noinst_PROGRAMS = \
 #	src/testsuite/test-xmlsave
 
-src_testsuite_test_xmlsave_CPPFLAGS = \
-               -I@top_srcdir@ \
-	       -DSHAREDIR="\"$(sharedir)\"" \
-               $(LIBXML2_CFLAGS) \
-               $(GLIBMM_CFLAGS) \
-	       $(SGPEMV2_CFLAGS)
-src_testsuite_test_xmlsave_DEPENDENCIES = \
-               libxmlsave.la
-src_testsuite_test_xmlsave_LDFLAGS = \
-               $(SGPEMV2_LIBS) \
-               $(GLIBMM_LIBS) \
-               $(LIBXML2_LIBS)
-src_testsuite_test_xmlsave_SOURCES = \
-               src/testsuite/test-xml_save.cc
+#src_testsuite_test_xml_save_CPPFLAGS = \
+#               -I@top_srcdir@ \
+#	       -DSHAREDIR="\"$(sharedir)\"" \
+#               $(LIBXML2_CFLAGS) \
+#               $(GLIBMM_CFLAGS) \
+#	       $(SGPEMV2_CFLAGS)
+#src_testsuite_test_xml_save_DEPENDENCIES = \
+#               libxmlsave.la
+#src_testsuite_test_xml_save_LDFLAGS = \
+#               $(SGPEMV2_LIBS) \
+#               $(GLIBMM_LIBS) \
+#               $(LIBXML2_LIBS)
+#src_testsuite_test_xml_save_SOURCES = \
+#               src/testsuite/test-xml_save.cc
 
 # Workaround an automake bug that leaves behind some files 
 # while it's finishing the distcheck target
-CLEANFILES += \
-	src/testsuite/.libs/test-xml_save
+#CLEANFILES += \
+#	src/testsuite/.libs/test-xml_save
 
 endif #~ if COND_TESTS
 
diff --git a/plugins/xmlsave/src/hook.cc b/plugins/xmlsave/src/hook.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3fd835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/xmlsave/src/hook.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// src/hook.cc - Copyright 2005, 2006, University
+//               of Padova, dept. of Pure and Applied
+//               Mathematics
+//
+// This file is part of SGPEMv2.
+//
+// This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// SGPEMv2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with SGPEMv2; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+// The idea of this file is to provide a static function to execute
+// when the plugin (this library) is loaded. Thus the name "hook".
+
+// For the moment, instead of a function hook to be called by the 
+// libbackend.so module, we have a static PythonPolicyManager object.
+// This is a risk.
+#warning FIXME : this code is quite a bad idea. Replace me with \
+  a hookable structure, and execute a pointer to function stored \
+  therein. See "info libtool": "dlopened modules"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#define SG_CONSTRUCTOR __attribute__ ((constructor))
+#define SG_DESTRUCTOR __attribute__ ((destructor))
+
+void SG_DLLEXPORT SG_CONSTRUCTOR hook_ctor(void) 
+{
+}
+
+void SG_DLLEXPORT SG_DESTRUCTOR hook_dtor(void) 
+{
+}
+
+#ifdef  __cplusplus
+}
+#endif