--- pkg-config-0.18.1/pkg.c.free	2005-08-09 16:21:57.964630000 -0400

+++ pkg-config-0.18.1/pkg.c	2005-08-09 16:22:07.295289000 -0400

@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@

   char *varval = NULL;

   if (globals)

-    varval = g_hash_table_lookup (globals, var);

+    varval = g_strdup(g_hash_table_lookup (globals, var));

   if (varval == NULL && pkg->vars)

     varval = g_strdup (g_hash_table_lookup (pkg->vars, var));

@@ -1241,7 +1241,8 @@

     }

   /* chop last space */

-  str->str[str->len - 1] = '\0';

+  if (str->len)

+     str->str[str->len - 1] = '\0';

   retval = str->str;

   g_string_free (str, FALSE);