diff -Naur src/plugins.c.org src/plugins.c
--- src/plugins.c.org	2003-12-14 02:22:50.000000000 +0100
+++ src/plugins.c	2004-01-20 15:59:42.625278072 +0100
@@ -1057,6 +1057,11 @@
 		return;
 	while ((name = (gchar *) g_dir_read_name(dir)) != NULL)
 		{
+
+		if (strcmp(name, ".keep") == 0) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* If there's a libtool .la archive, won't want to load this .so
 		*/
 		if (   !string_suffix(name, "la")