The project has been using pkg-config [1] for a long while, but only when using libraries external from the project. But from now on, individual sub-projects from DeforaOS are providing their own resource file for pkg-config.

The first project to be released, reflecting this new trend, is naturally the libSystem [2], with version 0.1.5 [3]. It has already been packaged for NetBSD [4]. Hopefully, this will also help cross-compilation of the next releases to come.

Another welcome improvement is found within the configure project itself [5], where the behavior of compilation scripts had to be changed. As mentioned already on the development mailing-list [6], all of the scripts in use were updated to reflect this already.

[1] http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/
[2] http://www.defora.org/os/project/27/libSystem
[3] http://www.defora.org/os/download/download/3450/libSystem-0.1.5.tar.gz
[4] http://pkgsrc-wip.cvs.sourceforge.net/pkgsrc-wip/wip/deforaos-libsystem/
[5] http://www.defora.org/os/project/16/configure
[6] http://lists.defora.org/devel/2010/12/msg00042.html