5 files changed, 7 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/modules/extra/m_filter_pcre.cpp b/src/modules/extra/m_filter_pcre.cpp
index da0142317..19ff1b48c 100644
--- a/src/modules/extra/m_filter_pcre.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/extra/m_filter_pcre.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 #include "m_filter.h"
 
 /* $ModDesc: m_filter with regexps */
-/* $CompileFlags: `pcre-config --cflags` */
-/* $LinkerFlags: `pcre-config --libs` rpath("pcre-config --libs") -lpcre */
+/* $CompileFlags: exec("pcre-config --cflags") */
+/* $LinkerFlags: exec("pcre-config --libs") rpath("pcre-config --libs") -lpcre */
 /* $ModDep: m_filter.h */
 
 class PCREFilter : public FilterResult
diff --git a/src/modules/extra/m_mysql.cpp b/src/modules/extra/m_mysql.cpp
index 7b718b43a..0688b1099 100644
--- a/src/modules/extra/m_mysql.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/extra/m_mysql.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 /* VERSION 2 API: With nonblocking (threaded) requests */
 
 /* $ModDesc: SQL Service Provider module for all other m_sql* modules */
-/* $CompileFlags: `mysql_config --include` */
-/* $LinkerFlags: `mysql_config --libs_r` rpath("mysql_config --libs_r") */
+/* $CompileFlags: exec("mysql_config --include") */
+/* $LinkerFlags: exec("mysql_config --libs_r") rpath("mysql_config --libs_r") */
 /* $ModDep: m_sqlv2.h */
 
 /* THE NONBLOCKING MYSQL API!
diff --git a/src/modules/extra/m_pgsql.cpp b/src/modules/extra/m_pgsql.cpp
index d702b9c34..8807d82c5 100644
--- a/src/modules/extra/m_pgsql.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/extra/m_pgsql.cpp
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 #include "m_sqlv2.h"
 
 /* $ModDesc: PostgreSQL Service Provider module for all other m_sql* modules, uses v2 of the SQL API */
-/* $CompileFlags: -I`pg_config --includedir` `perl extra/pgsql_config.pl` */
-/* $LinkerFlags: -L`pg_config --libdir` -lpq */
+/* $CompileFlags: -Iexec("pg_config --includedir") eval("my $s = `pg_config --version`;$s =~ /^.*?(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+).*?$/;my $v = hex(sprintf("0x%02x%02x%02x", $1, $2, $3));print "-DPGSQL_HAS_ESCAPECONN" if(($v >= 0x080104) or (($v >= 0x07030F) and ($v < 0x080000)));") */
+/* $LinkerFlags: -Lexec("pg_config --libdir") -lpq */
 /* $ModDep: m_sqlv2.h */
 
 
diff --git a/src/modules/extra/m_ssl_gnutls.cpp b/src/modules/extra/m_ssl_gnutls.cpp
index bb76ec978..5720216d2 100644
--- a/src/modules/extra/m_ssl_gnutls.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/extra/m_ssl_gnutls.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "transport.h"
 
 /* $ModDesc: Provides SSL support for clients */
-/* $CompileFlags: `libgnutls-config --cflags` */
+/* $CompileFlags: exec("libgnutls-config --cflags") */
 /* $LinkerFlags: rpath("libgnutls-config --libs") */
 /* $ModDep: transport.h */
 
diff --git a/src/modules/extra/pgsql_config.pl b/src/modules/extra/pgsql_config.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index 277a4f71d..000000000
--- a/src/modules/extra/pgsql_config.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-
-my $s = `pg_config --version`;
-$s =~ /^.*?(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+).*?$/;
-my $v = hex(sprintf("0x%02x%02x%02x", $1, $2, $3));
-print "-DPGSQL_HAS_ESCAPECONN" if(($v >= 0x080104) or (($v >= 0x07030F) and ($v < 0x080000)));