gtk-config obsolete?

[Fielder <fielder cs ttu edu>]

Since the newer versions of GTK+ use pkg-config, is there any nice way 
to keep programs that compile with gtk-config happy? Maybe I'm doing 
something wrong, but it seems rediculous that the latest version of GIMP 
still looks for gtk-config during the ./configure...
I've been having this problem ever since the migration from gtk-config 
to pkg-config, spawning my hatred for pkg-config...

Any info is appreciated..