Please find attached a new build system for applications making use of glib or gtk+. It uses wrappers as previously discussed on this list. I've successfully tested it with three packages: emacs, libcanberra and gtk+. Currently it is implemented as a separate build-system inheriting from the gnu-build-system. Essentially it adds 2 phases to the latter. IMO, it would make sense to make those 2 phases part of the gnu-build-system and enable them with the help of flags. Regards, Fede