--- /dev/null
+This patch circumvents an apparent bug in pkgconf 1.9 that prevents
+building the OpenWrt Vala package. For a discussion of this, see:
+
+https://github.com/openwrt/packages/issues/21359
+
+The pkgconf bug seems similar to the one discussed here:
+
+https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf/issues/268
+
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -13598,11 +13598,11 @@ if test -n "$GLIB_CFLAGS"; then
+ elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+ if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
+ { { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"glib-2.0 >= \$GLIB_REQUIRED gobject-2.0 >= \$GLIB_REQUIRED\""; } >&5
+- ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED") 2>&5
++ ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED") 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ test $ac_status = 0; }; then
+- pkg_cv_GLIB_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED" 2>/dev/null`
++ pkg_cv_GLIB_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED" 2>/dev/null`
+ test "x$?" != "x0" && pkg_failed=yes
+ else
+ pkg_failed=yes
+@@ -13615,11 +13615,11 @@ if test -n "$GLIB_LIBS"; then
+ elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+ if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
+ { { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"glib-2.0 >= \$GLIB_REQUIRED gobject-2.0 >= \$GLIB_REQUIRED\""; } >&5
+- ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED") 2>&5
++ ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED") 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ test $ac_status = 0; }; then
+- pkg_cv_GLIB_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED" 2>/dev/null`
++ pkg_cv_GLIB_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED" 2>/dev/null`
+ test "x$?" != "x0" && pkg_failed=yes
+ else
+ pkg_failed=yes
+@@ -13640,9 +13640,9 @@ else
+ _pkg_short_errors_supported=no
+ fi
+ if test $_pkg_short_errors_supported = yes; then
+- GLIB_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --print-errors --cflags --libs "glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED" 2>&1`
++ GLIB_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --print-errors --cflags --libs "gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED" 2>&1`
+ else
+- GLIB_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --print-errors --cflags --libs "glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED" 2>&1`
++ GLIB_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --print-errors --cflags --libs "gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED" 2>&1`
+ fi
+ # Put the nasty error message in config.log where it belongs
+ echo "$GLIB_PKG_ERRORS" >&5
+--- a/gobject-introspection/Makefile.in
++++ b/gobject-introspection/Makefile.in
+@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ libgidl_la_SOURCES = \
+ $(NULL)
+
+ libgidl_la_LIBADD = \
+- $(GLIB_LIBS) \
+ $(GMODULE_LIBS) \
++ $(GLIB_LIBS) \
+ $(NULL)
+
+ BUILT_SOURCES = scannerparser.h
+@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ gen_introspect_SOURCES = \
+ $(NULL)
+
+ gen_introspect_LDADD = \
+- $(GLIB_LIBS) \
+ $(GMODULE_LIBS) \
++ $(GLIB_LIBS) \
+ libgidl.la \
+ $(NULL)
+