Port pkg-config deleted. No alternative?

[hruodr]

For building a program I need pkg-configure, but this port is deleted:

https://www.freshports.org/devel/pkg-config

Isn't there any alternative?

I do not understand, why people make it so difficult with their programs: Editing a Makefile should be enough!

 

[tobik@]

It was replaced by devel/pkgconf.

 

[SirDice]

20120726:
  AFFECTS: users of devel/pkg-config
  AUTHOR: bapt@FreeBSD.org

  devel/pkg-config has been replaced by devel/pkgconf

  # portmaster -o devel/pkgconf devel/pkg-config
    or
  # portupgrade -fo devel/pkgconf pkg-config-\*

  pkgng:
  # pkg set -o devel/pkg-config:devel/pkgconf
  # pkg install -f devel/pkgconf

This happened almost 6 years ago.

 

[hruodr]

Trying to compile pinentry-gtk-2, I get: "WARNING: pkg-config could not find the module [...]"

This is solved with pkg install pkgconf that brings pkgconf and pkg-config.

But could have been better: "WARNING: pkg-config not found"?