Removed some redundancy in the Makefile/Make.global/Make.config mechanism

10 files changed, 169 insertions, 302 deletions

diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/Makefile
index e218cc35..2a6b285a 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,36 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 1.10 2012/12/18 09:36:37 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 1.11 2012/12/19 11:16:48 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
 # By default the main source file also carries this name.
-# IMPORTANT: the presence of this macro is important for the Make.config
-# file. So it must be defined, even if it is not used here!
-#
+
 PLUGIN = dvbsddevice
 
 ### The version number of this plugin (taken from the main source file):
 
 VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ print $$6 }' | sed -e 's/[";]//g')
 
-### The C++ compiler and options:
-
-CXX      ?= g++
-CXXFLAGS ?= -g -O3 -Wall -Werror=overloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses
-
 ### The directory environment:
 
-VDRDIR ?= ../../..
-LIBDIR ?= ../../lib
+# Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
+PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
+LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
+LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
+#
 TMPDIR ?= /tmp
 
-### Make sure that necessary options are included:
-
-include $(VDRDIR)/Make.global
-
-### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
+### The compiler options:
 
--include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
+export CFLAGS   ?= $(call PKGCFG,cflags)
+export CXXFLAGS ?= $(call PKGCFG,cxxflags)
 
-### The version number of VDR's plugin API (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
+### The version number of VDR's plugin API:
 
-APIVERSION = $(shell sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' $(VDRDIR)/config.h)
+APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 
 ### The name of the distribution archive:
 
@@ -45,9 +39,9 @@ PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(VDRDIR)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
 
-DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
+DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
 ### The object files (add further files here):
 
@@ -55,7 +49,7 @@ OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o dvbsdffdevice.o dvbsdffosd.o
 
 ### The main target:
 
-all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so i18n
+all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
 
 ### Implicit rules:
 
@@ -71,38 +65,13 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 
 -include $(DEPFILE)
 
-### Internationalization (I18N):
-
-PODIR     = po
-LOCALEDIR = $(VDRDIR)/locale
-I18Npo    = $(wildcard $(PODIR)/*.po)
-I18Nmsgs  = $(addprefix $(LOCALEDIR)/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo, $(notdir $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))))
-I18Npot   = $(PODIR)/$(PLUGIN).pot
-
-%.mo: %.po
-	msgfmt -c -o $@ $<
-
-$(I18Npot): $(wildcard *.c)
-	xgettext -C -cTRANSLATORS --no-wrap --no-location -k -ktr -ktrNOOP --package-name=vdr-$(PLUGIN) --package-version=$(VERSION) --msgid-bugs-address='<see README>' -o $@ `ls $^`
-
-%.po: $(I18Npot)
-	msgmerge -U --no-wrap --no-location --backup=none -q $@ $<
-	@touch $@
-
-$(I18Nmsgs): $(LOCALEDIR)/%/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo: $(PODIR)/%.mo
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	cp $< $@
-
-.PHONY: i18n
-i18n: $(I18Nmsgs) $(I18Npot)
-
 ### Targets:
 
 libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
 	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
 
-dist: $(I18Npo) clean
+dist: clean
 	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
 	@mkdir $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
 	@cp -a * $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/epgtableid0/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/epgtableid0/Makefile
index 8745b4af..5a1da9c4 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/epgtableid0/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/epgtableid0/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,36 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 1.3 2012/12/18 09:29:44 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 1.4 2012/12/19 11:17:32 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
 # By default the main source file also carries this name.
-# IMPORTANT: the presence of this macro is important for the Make.config
-# file. So it must be defined, even if it is not used here!
-#
+
 PLUGIN = epgtableid0
 
 ### The version number of this plugin (taken from the main source file):
 
 VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ print $$6 }' | sed -e 's/[";]//g')
 
-### The C++ compiler and options:
-
-CXX      ?= g++
-CXXFLAGS ?= -g -O3 -Wall -Werror=overloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses
-
 ### The directory environment:
 
-VDRDIR ?= ../../..
-LIBDIR ?= ../../lib
+# Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
+PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
+LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
+LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
+#
 TMPDIR ?= /tmp
 
-### Make sure that necessary options are included:
-
-include $(VDRDIR)/Make.global
-
-### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
+### The compiler options:
 
--include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
+export CFLAGS   ?= $(call PKGCFG,cflags)
+export CXXFLAGS ?= $(call PKGCFG,cxxflags)
 
-### The version number of VDR's plugin API (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
+### The version number of VDR's plugin API:
 
-APIVERSION = $(shell sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' $(VDRDIR)/config.h)
+APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 
 ### The name of the distribution archive:
 
@@ -45,9 +39,9 @@ PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(VDRDIR)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
 
-DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
+DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
 ### The object files (add further files here):
 
@@ -55,7 +49,7 @@ OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o
 
 ### The main target:
 
-all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so i18n
+all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
 
 ### Implicit rules:
 
@@ -71,38 +65,13 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 
 -include $(DEPFILE)
 
-### Internationalization (I18N):
-
-PODIR     = po
-LOCALEDIR = $(VDRDIR)/locale
-I18Npo    = $(wildcard $(PODIR)/*.po)
-I18Nmsgs  = $(addprefix $(LOCALEDIR)/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo, $(notdir $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))))
-I18Npot   = $(PODIR)/$(PLUGIN).pot
-
-%.mo: %.po
-	msgfmt -c -o $@ $<
-
-$(I18Npot): $(wildcard *.c)
-	xgettext -C -cTRANSLATORS --no-wrap --no-location -k -ktr -ktrNOOP --package-name=vdr-$(PLUGIN) --package-version=$(VERSION) --msgid-bugs-address='<see README>' -o $@ `ls $^`
-
-%.po: $(I18Npot)
-	msgmerge -U --no-wrap --no-location --backup=none -q $@ $<
-	@touch $@
-
-$(I18Nmsgs): $(LOCALEDIR)/%/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo: $(PODIR)/%.mo
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	cp $< $@
-
-.PHONY: i18n
-i18n: $(I18Nmsgs) $(I18Npot)
-
 ### Targets:
 
 libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
 	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
 
-dist: $(I18Npo) clean
+dist: clean
 	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
 	@mkdir $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
 	@cp -a * $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/hello/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/hello/Makefile
index 4d21c984..8a3e6d53 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/hello/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/hello/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,36 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.10 2012/12/18 09:37:05 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.11 2012/12/19 12:10:07 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
 # By default the main source file also carries this name.
-# IMPORTANT: the presence of this macro is important for the Make.config
-# file. So it must be defined, even if it is not used here!
-#
+
 PLUGIN = hello
 
 ### The version number of this plugin (taken from the main source file):
 
 VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ print $$6 }' | sed -e 's/[";]//g')
 
-### The C++ compiler and options:
-
-CXX      ?= g++
-CXXFLAGS ?= -g -O3 -Wall -Werror=overloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses
-
 ### The directory environment:
 
-VDRDIR ?= ../../..
-LIBDIR ?= ../../lib
+# Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
+PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
+LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
+LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
+#
 TMPDIR ?= /tmp
 
-### Make sure that necessary options are included:
-
-include $(VDRDIR)/Make.global
-
-### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
+### The compiler options:
 
--include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
+export CFLAGS   ?= $(call PKGCFG,cflags)
+export CXXFLAGS ?= $(call PKGCFG,cxxflags)
 
-### The version number of VDR's plugin API (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
+### The version number of VDR's plugin API:
 
-APIVERSION = $(shell sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' $(VDRDIR)/config.h)
+APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 
 ### The name of the distribution archive:
 
@@ -45,9 +39,9 @@ PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(VDRDIR)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
 
-DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
+DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
 ### The object files (add further files here):
 
@@ -74,9 +68,8 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 ### Internationalization (I18N):
 
 PODIR     = po
-LOCALEDIR = $(VDRDIR)/locale
 I18Npo    = $(wildcard $(PODIR)/*.po)
-I18Nmsgs  = $(addprefix $(LOCALEDIR)/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo, $(notdir $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))))
+I18Nmsgs  = $(addprefix $(LOCDIR)/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo, $(notdir $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))))
 I18Npot   = $(PODIR)/$(PLUGIN).pot
 
 %.mo: %.po
@@ -86,10 +79,10 @@ $(I18Npot): $(wildcard *.c)
 	xgettext -C -cTRANSLATORS --no-wrap --no-location -k -ktr -ktrNOOP --package-name=vdr-$(PLUGIN) --package-version=$(VERSION) --msgid-bugs-address='<see README>' -o $@ `ls $^`
 
 %.po: $(I18Npot)
-	msgmerge -U --no-wrap --no-location --backup=none -q $@ $<
+	msgmerge -U --no-wrap --no-location --backup=none -q -N $@ $<
 	@touch $@
 
-$(I18Nmsgs): $(LOCALEDIR)/%/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo: $(PODIR)/%.mo
+$(I18Nmsgs): $(LOCDIR)/%/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo: $(PODIR)/%.mo
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	cp $< $@
 
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/osddemo/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/osddemo/Makefile
index 68a236b5..a400658e 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/osddemo/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/osddemo/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,34 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.5 2012/03/11 15:34:08 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.6 2012/12/18 13:35:25 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
-# This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
-# By default the main source file also carries this name.
-#
+
 PLUGIN = osddemo
 
 ### The version number of this plugin (taken from the main source file):
 
 VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ print $$6 }' | sed -e 's/[";]//g')
 
-### The C++ compiler and options:
-
-CXX      ?= g++
-CXXFLAGS ?= -g -O3 -Wall -Werror=overloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses
-
 ### The directory environment:
 
-VDRDIR ?= ../../..
-LIBDIR ?= ../../lib
+# Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
+PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
+LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
+LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
+#
 TMPDIR ?= /tmp
 
-### Make sure that necessary options are included:
-
-include $(VDRDIR)/Make.global
-
-### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
+### The compiler options:
 
--include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
+export CFLAGS   ?= $(call PKGCFG,cflags)
+export CXXFLAGS ?= $(call PKGCFG,cxxflags)
 
-### The version number of VDR's plugin API (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
+### The version number of VDR's plugin API:
 
-APIVERSION = $(shell sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' $(VDRDIR)/config.h)
+APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 
 ### The name of the distribution archive:
 
@@ -43,9 +37,9 @@ PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(VDRDIR)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
 
-DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
+DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
 ### The object files (add further files here):
 
@@ -60,7 +54,7 @@ all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
 %.o: %.c
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES) $<
 
-# Dependencies:
+### Dependencies:
 
 MAKEDEP = $(CXX) -MM -MG
 DEPFILE = .dependencies
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/pictures/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/pictures/Makefile
index 038066c2..27ac5963 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/pictures/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/pictures/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,36 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.10 2012/12/18 09:37:16 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.11 2012/12/19 12:10:17 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
 # By default the main source file also carries this name.
-# IMPORTANT: the presence of this macro is important for the Make.config
-# file. So it must be defined, even if it is not used here!
-#
+
 PLUGIN = pictures
 
 ### The version number of this plugin (taken from the main source file):
 
 VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ print $$6 }' | sed -e 's/[";]//g')
 
-### The C++ compiler and options:
-
-CXX      ?= g++
-CXXFLAGS ?= -g -O3 -Wall -Werror=overloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses
-
 ### The directory environment:
 
-VDRDIR ?= ../../..
-LIBDIR ?= ../../lib
+# Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
+PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
+LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
+LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
+#
 TMPDIR ?= /tmp
 
-### Make sure that necessary options are included:
-
-include $(VDRDIR)/Make.global
-
-### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
+### The compiler options:
 
--include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
+export CFLAGS   ?= $(call PKGCFG,cflags)
+export CXXFLAGS ?= $(call PKGCFG,cxxflags)
 
-### The version number of VDR's plugin API (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
+### The version number of VDR's plugin API:
 
-APIVERSION = $(shell sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' $(VDRDIR)/config.h)
+APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 
 ### The name of the distribution archive:
 
@@ -45,9 +39,9 @@ PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(VDRDIR)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
 
-DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
+DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
 ### The object files (add further files here):
 
@@ -74,9 +68,8 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 ### Internationalization (I18N):
 
 PODIR     = po
-LOCALEDIR = $(VDRDIR)/locale
 I18Npo    = $(wildcard $(PODIR)/*.po)
-I18Nmsgs  = $(addprefix $(LOCALEDIR)/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo, $(notdir $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))))
+I18Nmsgs  = $(addprefix $(LOCDIR)/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo, $(notdir $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))))
 I18Npot   = $(PODIR)/$(PLUGIN).pot
 
 %.mo: %.po
@@ -86,10 +79,10 @@ $(I18Npot): $(wildcard *.c)
 	xgettext -C -cTRANSLATORS --no-wrap --no-location -k -ktr -ktrNOOP --package-name=vdr-$(PLUGIN) --package-version=$(VERSION) --msgid-bugs-address='<see README>' -o $@ `ls $^`
 
 %.po: $(I18Npot)
-	msgmerge -U --no-wrap --no-location --backup=none -q $@ $<
+	msgmerge -U --no-wrap --no-location --backup=none -q -N $@ $<
 	@touch $@
 
-$(I18Nmsgs): $(LOCALEDIR)/%/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo: $(PODIR)/%.mo
+$(I18Nmsgs): $(LOCDIR)/%/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo: $(PODIR)/%.mo
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	cp $< $@
 
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/rcu/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/rcu/Makefile
index aa6be743..1635edf4 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/rcu/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/rcu/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,36 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 1.3 2012/12/18 09:30:02 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 1.4 2012/12/19 11:17:56 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
 # By default the main source file also carries this name.
-# IMPORTANT: the presence of this macro is important for the Make.config
-# file. So it must be defined, even if it is not used here!
-#
+
 PLUGIN = rcu
 
 ### The version number of this plugin (taken from the main source file):
 
 VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ print $$6 }' | sed -e 's/[";]//g')
 
-### The C++ compiler and options:
-
-CXX      ?= g++
-CXXFLAGS ?= -g -O3 -Wall -Werror=overloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses
-
 ### The directory environment:
 
-VDRDIR ?= ../../..
-LIBDIR ?= ../../lib
+# Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
+PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
+LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
+LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
+#
 TMPDIR ?= /tmp
 
-### Make sure that necessary options are included:
-
-include $(VDRDIR)/Make.global
-
-### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
+### The compiler options:
 
--include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
+export CFLAGS   ?= $(call PKGCFG,cflags)
+export CXXFLAGS ?= $(call PKGCFG,cxxflags)
 
-### The version number of VDR's plugin API (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
+### The version number of VDR's plugin API:
 
-APIVERSION = $(shell sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' $(VDRDIR)/config.h)
+APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 
 ### The name of the distribution archive:
 
@@ -45,9 +39,9 @@ PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(VDRDIR)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
 
-DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
+DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
 ### The object files (add further files here):
 
@@ -55,7 +49,7 @@ OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o
 
 ### The main target:
 
-all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so i18n
+all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
 
 ### Implicit rules:
 
@@ -71,38 +65,13 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 
 -include $(DEPFILE)
 
-### Internationalization (I18N):
-
-PODIR     = po
-LOCALEDIR = $(VDRDIR)/locale
-I18Npo    = $(wildcard $(PODIR)/*.po)
-I18Nmsgs  = $(addprefix $(LOCALEDIR)/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo, $(notdir $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))))
-I18Npot   = $(PODIR)/$(PLUGIN).pot
-
-%.mo: %.po
-	msgfmt -c -o $@ $<
-
-$(I18Npot): $(wildcard *.c)
-	xgettext -C -cTRANSLATORS --no-wrap --no-location -k -ktr -ktrNOOP --package-name=vdr-$(PLUGIN) --package-version=$(VERSION) --msgid-bugs-address='<see README>' -o $@ `ls $^`
-
-%.po: $(I18Npot)
-	msgmerge -U --no-wrap --no-location --backup=none -q $@ $<
-	@touch $@
-
-$(I18Nmsgs): $(LOCALEDIR)/%/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo: $(PODIR)/%.mo
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	cp $< $@
-
-.PHONY: i18n
-i18n: $(I18Nmsgs) $(I18Npot)
-
 ### Targets:
 
 libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
 	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
 
-dist: $(I18Npo) clean
+dist: clean
 	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
 	@mkdir $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
 	@cp -a * $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/servicedemo/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/servicedemo/Makefile
index 941aaff6..22aa7f0e 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/servicedemo/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/servicedemo/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.5 2012/03/11 15:34:13 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.6 2012/12/18 13:35:40 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
 # By default the main source file also carries this name.
-#
-PLUGIN  = servicedemo # dummy name for Make.config
+
 PLUGIN1 = svccli
 PLUGIN2 = svcsvr
 
@@ -15,28 +14,24 @@ PLUGIN2 = svcsvr
 
 VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN1).c | awk '{ print $$6 }' | sed -e 's/[";]//g')
 
-### The C++ compiler and options:
-
-CXX      ?= g++
-CXXFLAGS ?= -g -O3 -Wall -Werror=overloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses
-
 ### The directory environment:
 
-VDRDIR ?= ../../..
-LIBDIR ?= ../../lib
+# Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
+PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
+LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
+LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
+#
 TMPDIR ?= /tmp
 
-### Make sure that necessary options are included:
-
-include $(VDRDIR)/Make.global
-
-### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
+### The compiler options:
 
--include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
+export CFLAGS   ?= $(call PKGCFG,cflags)
+export CXXFLAGS ?= $(call PKGCFG,cxxflags)
 
-### The version number of VDR's plugin API (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
+### The version number of VDR's plugin API:
 
-APIVERSION = $(shell sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' $(VDRDIR)/config.h)
+APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 
 ### The name of the distribution archive:
 
@@ -45,9 +40,9 @@ PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(VDRDIR)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
 
-DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
+DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
 ### The object files (add further files here):
 
@@ -62,7 +57,7 @@ all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN1).so libvdr-$(PLUGIN2).so
 %.o: %.c
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES) $<
 
-# Dependencies:
+### Dependencies:
 
 MAKEDEP = $(CXX) -MM -MG
 DEPFILE = .dependencies
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/Makefile
index 256f8a5d..c809712b 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,36 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.10 2012/12/18 09:37:39 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.11 2012/12/19 12:10:28 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
 # By default the main source file also carries this name.
-# IMPORTANT: the presence of this macro is important for the Make.config
-# file. So it must be defined, even if it is not used here!
-#
+
 PLUGIN = skincurses
 
 ### The version number of this plugin (taken from the main source file):
 
 VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ print $$6 }' | sed -e 's/[";]//g')
 
-### The C++ compiler and options:
-
-CXX      ?= g++
-CXXFLAGS ?= -g -O3 -Wall -Werror=overloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses
-
 ### The directory environment:
 
-VDRDIR ?= ../../..
-LIBDIR ?= ../../lib
+# Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
+PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
+LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
+LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
+#
 TMPDIR ?= /tmp
 
-### Make sure that necessary options are included:
-
-include $(VDRDIR)/Make.global
-
-### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
+### The compiler options:
 
--include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
+export CFLAGS   ?= $(call PKGCFG,cflags)
+export CXXFLAGS ?= $(call PKGCFG,cxxflags)
 
-### The version number of VDR's plugin API (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
+### The version number of VDR's plugin API:
 
-APIVERSION = $(shell sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' $(VDRDIR)/config.h)
+APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 
 ### The name of the distribution archive:
 
@@ -45,9 +39,9 @@ PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(VDRDIR)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
 
-DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
+DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
 ### The object files (add further files here):
 
@@ -74,9 +68,8 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 ### Internationalization (I18N):
 
 PODIR     = po
-LOCALEDIR = $(VDRDIR)/locale
 I18Npo    = $(wildcard $(PODIR)/*.po)
-I18Nmsgs  = $(addprefix $(LOCALEDIR)/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo, $(notdir $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))))
+I18Nmsgs  = $(addprefix $(LOCDIR)/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo, $(notdir $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))))
 I18Npot   = $(PODIR)/$(PLUGIN).pot
 
 %.mo: %.po
@@ -86,10 +79,10 @@ $(I18Npot): $(wildcard *.c)
 	xgettext -C -cTRANSLATORS --no-wrap --no-location -k -ktr -ktrNOOP --package-name=vdr-$(PLUGIN) --package-version=$(VERSION) --msgid-bugs-address='<see README>' -o $@ `ls $^`
 
 %.po: $(I18Npot)
-	msgmerge -U --no-wrap --no-location --backup=none -q $@ $<
+	msgmerge -U --no-wrap --no-location --backup=none -q -N $@ $<
 	@touch $@
 
-$(I18Nmsgs): $(LOCALEDIR)/%/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo: $(PODIR)/%.mo
+$(I18Nmsgs): $(LOCDIR)/%/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo: $(PODIR)/%.mo
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	cp $< $@
 
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/status/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/status/Makefile
index dd46ba69..5cfd1027 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/status/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/status/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,36 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.5 2012/03/11 15:34:20 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.6 2012/12/18 13:35:47 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
 # By default the main source file also carries this name.
-#
+
 PLUGIN = status
 
 ### The version number of this plugin (taken from the main source file):
 
 VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ print $$6 }' | sed -e 's/[";]//g')
 
-### The C++ compiler and options:
-
-CXX      ?= g++
-CXXFLAGS ?= -g -O3 -Wall -Werror=overloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses
-
 ### The directory environment:
 
-VDRDIR ?= ../../..
-LIBDIR ?= ../../lib
+# Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
+PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
+LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
+LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
+#
 TMPDIR ?= /tmp
 
-### Make sure that necessary options are included:
-
-include $(VDRDIR)/Make.global
-
-### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
+### The compiler options:
 
--include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
+export CFLAGS   ?= $(call PKGCFG,cflags)
+export CXXFLAGS ?= $(call PKGCFG,cxxflags)
 
-### The version number of VDR's plugin API (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
+### The version number of VDR's plugin API:
 
-APIVERSION = $(shell sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' $(VDRDIR)/config.h)
+APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 
 ### The name of the distribution archive:
 
@@ -43,9 +39,9 @@ PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(VDRDIR)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
 
-DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
+DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
 ### The object files (add further files here):
 
@@ -60,7 +56,7 @@ all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
 %.o: %.c
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES) $<
 
-# Dependencies:
+### Dependencies:
 
 MAKEDEP = $(CXX) -MM -MG
 DEPFILE = .dependencies
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/svdrpdemo/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/svdrpdemo/Makefile
index 5109b297..47a67b5d 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/svdrpdemo/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/svdrpdemo/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,36 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.5 2012/03/11 15:34:22 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.6 2012/12/18 13:35:51 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
 # By default the main source file also carries this name.
-#
+
 PLUGIN = svdrpdemo
 
 ### The version number of this plugin (taken from the main source file):
 
 VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ print $$6 }' | sed -e 's/[";]//g')
 
-### The C++ compiler and options:
-
-CXX      ?= g++
-CXXFLAGS ?= -g -O3 -Wall -Werror=overloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses
-
 ### The directory environment:
 
-VDRDIR ?= ../../..
-LIBDIR ?= ../../lib
+# Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
+PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
+LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
+LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
+#
 TMPDIR ?= /tmp
 
-### Make sure that necessary options are included:
-
-include $(VDRDIR)/Make.global
-
-### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
+### The compiler options:
 
--include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
+export CFLAGS   ?= $(call PKGCFG,cflags)
+export CXXFLAGS ?= $(call PKGCFG,cxxflags)
 
-### The version number of VDR's plugin API (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
+### The version number of VDR's plugin API:
 
-APIVERSION = $(shell sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' $(VDRDIR)/config.h)
+APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 
 ### The name of the distribution archive:
 
@@ -43,9 +39,9 @@ PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(VDRDIR)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
 
-DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
+DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
 ### The object files (add further files here):
 
@@ -60,7 +56,7 @@ all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
 %.o: %.c
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES) $<
 
-# Dependencies:
+### Dependencies:
 
 MAKEDEP = $(CXX) -MM -MG
 DEPFILE = .dependencies