--- pkg-config-0.21-orig/parse.c	2006-08-16 20:45:45.000000000 +0200
+++ pkg-config-0.21-joty/parse.c	2006-09-08 00:50:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -139,9 +139,21 @@
 trim_string (const char *str)
 {
   int len;
+  int quote;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (str != NULL, NULL);
-  
+
+  while (*str && isspace ((guchar)*str))
+    str++;
+
+  if (*str == '"')
+    {
+      ++str;
+      quote = 1;
+    }
+  else
+    quote = 0;
+
   while (*str && isspace ((guchar)*str))
     str++;
 
@@ -149,6 +161,22 @@
   while (len > 0 && isspace ((guchar)str[len-1]))
     len--;
 
+  if (quote)
+    {
+      if (len > 0 && str[len - 1] == '"')
+        --len;
+      else
+        {
+          verbose_error ("Wrongly quoted string '%s'\n",
+                         str);
+              
+          exit (1);
+        }
+    }
+
+  while (len > 0 && isspace ((guchar)str[len-1]))
+    len--;
+
   return g_strndup (str, len);
 }