--- a/configure.ac	2009-01-31 20:18:50.000000000 +0100
+++ b/configure.ac	2009-01-31 20:20:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -7,19 +7,10 @@
 AC_LANG(C)
 AC_PROG_CC
 
-AC_PATH_PROG(PKG_CONFIG, pkg-config, , )
-
-if test -z "$PKG_CONFIG"; then 
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([pkg-config is not installed.  I will not be able to find the GNOME headers.])
-fi
-
-if ! $PKG_CONFIG --exists libpanelapplet-2.0; then
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([pkg-config does not know about libpanelapplet-2.0.  
-Do you have the development packages for the GNOME 2.0 Panel Applet library installed?
-(the Debian package is 'libpanel-applet2-dev')])
-fi
-
-AC_SUBST(PKG_CONFIG)
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PANEL, [libpanelapplet-2.0])
+AC_SUBST(PANEL_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(PANEL_LIBS)
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
-AC_OUTPUT
\ Pas de fin de ligne à la fin du fichier.
+AC_OUTPUT
--- a/Makefile.am	2009-01-31 20:21:02.000000000 +0100
+++ b/Makefile.am	2009-01-31 20:21:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 paneldir = $(prefix)/lib/gnome-panel
 serversdir = $(prefix)/lib/bonobo/servers
-docdir = $(prefix)/share/doc/gnome-swallow
 
 dist_doc_DATA = README
 dist_servers_DATA = GNOME_Swallow.server
 
 panel_PROGRAMS = gnome_swallow
 
-INCLUDES = `@PKG_CONFIG@ --cflags libpanelapplet-2.0`
+INCLUDES = ${PANEL_CFLAGS}
 
 gnome_swallow_SOURCES = gnome-swallow.c
-gnome_swallow_LDFLAGS = `@PKG_CONFIG@ --libs libpanelapplet-2.0`
+gnome_swallow_LDADD = ${PANEL_LIBS} 
 
 EXTRA_DIST = debian/dirs debian/control debian/changelog debian/copyright debian/install debian/rules