[article] trimming down autoconf's configure scripts by usingpkg-config

[Kevin Day]

> * Bill Crawford <billcrawford1970 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> <snip>
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> > This would be .. glibc. Go help Ulrich make glibc perfect. 
> 
> Not every system / platform uses glibc.
> 
> 
> cu
> -- 

Indeed, some people actually use POSIX compliant libc's