diff -r 2c68549dabef -r ac47c2fb2c4a test/make/configure.vm
--- a/test/make/configure.vm	Sun Sep 17 12:40:12 2023 +0200
+++ b/test/make/configure.vm	Sun Sep 17 13:03:46 2023 +0200
@@ -243,6 +243,19 @@
 # create buffer for make variables required by dependencies
 echo > "$TEMP_DIR/make.mk"
 
+test_pkg_config()
+{
+    if "$PKG_CONFIG" --exists "$1" ; then :
+    else return 1 ; fi
+    if [ -n "$2" ] && "$PKG_CONFIG" --atleast-version="$2" "$1" ; then :
+    else return 1 ; fi
+    if [ -n "$3" ] && "$PKG_CONFIG" --exact-version="$3" "$1" ; then :
+    else return 1 ; fi
+    if [ -n "$4" ] && "$PKG_CONFIG" --max-version="$4" "$1" ; then :
+    else return 1 ; fi
+    return 0
+}
+
 #foreach( $dependency in $namedDependencies )
 dependency_error_${dependency.name}()
 {
@@ -274,7 +287,7 @@
         fi
         #end
         #foreach( $pkg in $sub.pkgconfig )
-        if $pkg.getPkgConfigTestQuery() ; then
+        if test_pkg_config "$pkg.name" "$pkg.atleast" "$pkg.exact" "$pkg.max" ; then
             TEMP_CFLAGS="$TEMP_CFLAGS `"$PKG_CONFIG" --cflags $pkg.name`"
             TEMP_LDFLAGS="$TEMP_LDFLAGS `"$PKG_CONFIG" --libs $pkg.name`"
         else
@@ -337,7 +350,7 @@
         #end
         #foreach( $pkg in $dependency.pkgconfig )
         printf "checking for pkg-config package $pkg.name... "
-        if $pkg.getPkgConfigTestQuery() ; then
+        if test_pkg_config "$pkg.name" "$pkg.atleast" "$pkg.exact" "$pkg.max" ; then
             echo yes
             TEMP_CFLAGS="$TEMP_CFLAGS `"$PKG_CONFIG" --cflags $pkg.name`"
             TEMP_LDFLAGS="$TEMP_LDFLAGS `"$PKG_CONFIG" --libs $pkg.name`"