configure: improve pkg-config support

configure

@@ -55,6 +55,34 @@ test_code () {
   return $result
 }
 #}}}
+#{{{ test_executable
+test_executable () {
+  name=$1
+  executable=$2
+  options=$3
+
+  printf "%s" "Checking for $name : "
+
+  echo $executable $options >> config.log
+  $executable $options >> config.log 2>&1
+
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+  then
+    echo "Yes"
+    result=0
+  else
+    echo "No"
+    result=1
+  fi
+  echo >> config.log
+  return $result
+}
+#}}}
+#{{{ pkg_config
+pkg_config () {
+  $PKG_CONFIG "$@" 2>> config.log
+}
+#}}}
 #{{{ usage
 usage () {
   cat <<EOF
@@ -139,6 +167,11 @@ Some influential environment variables:
               headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir>
   LDFLAGS     linker flags, e.g. -L<lib dir> if you have libraries in a
               nonstandard directory <lib dir>
+  PKG_CONFIG  path to pkg-config utility
+  PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+              directories to add to pkg-config's search path
+  PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
+              path overriding pkg-config's built-in search path
 
 Use these variables to override the choices made by \`configure' or to help
 it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations.
@@ -156,13 +189,6 @@ add_def () {
   fi
 }
 #}}}
-#{{{ pkg_config
-pkg_config () {
-  type pkg-config > /dev/null 2> /dev/null || return 1
-
-  pkg-config $@ 2> /dev/null
-}
-#}}}
 #{{{ get_features
 get_features () {
   ff=1
@@ -561,6 +587,16 @@ if [ "x$MYCC" = "xgcc" ] || [ "x$MYCC" = "xclang" ]; then
   MYCFLAGS="$MYCFLAGS -Wmissing-prototypes -Wall"
 fi
 
+if [ "x$PKG_CONFIG" = "x" ]; then
+  PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config
+fi
+
+if ! test_executable "pkg-config" $PKG_CONFIG --version; then
+  try_nettle=0
+  try_nss=0
+  try_gnutls=0
+fi
+
 if test_code '64-bit time_t' 'time.h' '' '' '
   char x[sizeof(time_t) > 4 ? 1 : -1] = {0};
   return x[0];'