diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/maliit-framework/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/maliit-framework/default.nix
index 6a6e66f293bda..ca942ca72d478 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/maliit-framework/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/maliit-framework/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { mkDerivation
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 
 , at-spi2-atk
 , at-spi2-core
@@ -32,6 +33,15 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "138jyvw130kmrldksbk4l38gvvahh3x51zi4vyplad0z5nxmbazb";
   };
 
+  # in master post 2.2.1, see https://github.com/maliit/framework/issues/106
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-pkg-config.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/maliit/framework/commit/1e20a4a5113f1c092295f5a5f04ab6e584f6fcff.patch";
+      sha256 = "0h7jfqnqvjka626wx2z2g150rch4air7q3zbq59gcb12g7x6gfyn";
+    })
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     at-spi2-atk
     at-spi2-core
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/soapysdr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/soapysdr/default.nix
index 422e665b9372b..adf997773eccf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/soapysdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/soapysdr/default.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
   ] ++ lib.optional usePython "-DUSE_PYTHON_CONFIG=ON";
 
+  # https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR/issues/352
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace lib/SoapySDR.in.pc \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   postFixup = lib.optionalString (lib.length extraPackages != 0) ''
     # Join all plugins via symlinking
     for i in ${toString extraPackages}; do
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/lxqt-build-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/lxqt-build-tools/default.nix
index f72394a09825a..d543cf11c359d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/lxqt-build-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/lxqt-build-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , mkDerivation
+, fetchpatch
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake
 , pkg-config
@@ -22,6 +23,15 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "vzppKTDwADBG5pOaluT858cWCKFFRaSbHz2Qhe6799E=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # in master post 0.11.0, see https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-build-tools/pull/76
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-pkg-config.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-build-tools/pull/76/commits/fa9672b671ede3f46b004f81580f9afb50fedf00.patch";
+      sha256 = "0dl7n1afcc6ky9vd9lpc65p9grpszpql7lfjq2vlzlilixnv8xv1";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     # Nix clang on darwin identifies as 'Clang', not 'AppleClang'
     # Without this, dependants fail to link.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/seexpr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/seexpr/default.nix
index b07a91599332f..210daae374593 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/seexpr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/seexpr/default.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [ libGLU libpng zlib qt4 python3Packages.pyqt4 python3Packages.boost bison flex ];
 
+  # https://github.com/wdas/SeExpr/issues/106
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/build/seexpr2.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Embeddable expression evaluation engine from Disney Animation";
     homepage = "https://wdas.github.io/SeExpr/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
index d3b736fbe0f0d..1402fc6ed9460 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fixDarwinDylibNames
 , abseil-cpp
@@ -112,6 +113,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [
     # patch to fix python-test
     ./darwin.patch
+    # in master post 8.0.0, see https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/13182
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-pkg-config.patch";
+      stripLen = 1;
+      excludes = [ "src/arrow/engine/arrow-substrait.pc.in" ]; # for < 8.0.0
+      url = "https://github.com/apache/arrow/commit/a242eb17362c0352fc3291213542c48abfe18669.patch";
+      sha256 = "15gz13f8q75l7d4z5blyvxd805hwfcvrbrxs2kbfal9vcbnirycx";
+    })
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libkeyfinder/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libkeyfinder/default.nix
index 65e4d0fb15eeb..0a48dc479045c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libkeyfinder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/libkeyfinder/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, fftw, catch2 }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchpatch, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, fftw, catch2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libkeyfinder";
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-7w/Wc9ncLinbnM2q3yv5DBtFoJFAM2e9xAUTsqvE9mg=";
   };
 
+  # in main post 2.2.6, see https://github.com/mixxxdj/libkeyfinder/issues/21
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-pkg-config";
+      url = "https://github.com/mixxxdj/libkeyfinder/commit/4e1a5022d4c91e3ecfe9be5c3ac7cc488093bd2e.patch";
+      sha256 = "08llmgp6r11bq5s820j3fs9bgriaibkhq8r3v2av064w66mwp48x";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   buildInputs = [ fftw ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/bcg729/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/bcg729/default.nix
index 125512c3fed6c..ff5840b8373fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/bcg729/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/bcg729/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace '\$'{exec_prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Opensource implementation of both encoder and decoder of the ITU G729 Annex A/B speech codec";
     homepage = "https://linphone.org/technical-corner/bcg729";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cglm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cglm/default.nix
index 50a9bf62c54bf..0a1544df0adee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cglm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cglm/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  # https://github.com/recp/cglm/issues/249
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace '\$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR} \
+      --replace '\$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/recp/cglm";
     description = "Highly Optimized Graphics Math (glm) for C";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cm256cc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cm256cc/default.nix
index 09b0ffba98ba6..3a2538898cce2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cm256cc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cm256cc/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [ boost ];
 
+  # https://github.com/f4exb/cm256cc/issues/16
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace libcm256cc.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Fast GF(256) Cauchy MDS Block Erasure Codec in C++";
     homepage = "https://github.com/f4exb/cm256cc";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxopts/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxopts/default.nix
index 5d12b3c19ee3c..cf36a88a35be9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxopts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxopts/default.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Conflict on case-insensitive filesystems.
   dontUseCmakeBuildDir = true;
 
+  # https://github.com/jarro2783/cxxopts/issues/332
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace packaging/pkgconfig.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jarro2783/cxxopts";
     description = "Lightweight C++ GNU-style option parser library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/drumstick/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/drumstick/default.nix
index 6d11d8bfc8a3c..36a4c56bbaf77 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/drumstick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/drumstick/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace library/rt/backendmanager.cpp --subst-var out
+
+    # https://sourceforge.net/p/drumstick/bugs/39/
+    substituteInPlace drumstick-alsa.pc.in drumstick-file.pc.in drumstick-rt.pc.in drumstick-widgets.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
   '';
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/eccodes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/eccodes/default.nix
index b6d4cd29f7e16..54df7be6f1bad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/eccodes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/eccodes/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace cmake/FindOpenJPEG.cmake --replace openjpeg-2.1 ${openjpeg.incDir}
+
+    # https://github.com/ecmwf/ecbuild/issues/40
+    substituteInPlace cmake/ecbuild_config.h.in \
+      --replace @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@INSTALL_LIB_DIR@ @eccodes_FULL_INSTALL_LIB_DIR@ \
+      --replace @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@INSTALL_BIN_DIR@ @eccodes_FULL_INSTALL_BIN_DIR@
+    substituteInPlace cmake/pkg-config.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@INSTALL_LIB_DIR@ @eccodes_FULL_INSTALL_LIB_DIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR@ @eccodes_FULL_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@INSTALL_BIN_DIR@ @eccodes_FULL_INSTALL_BIN_DIR@
+    substituteInPlace cmake/ecbuild_install_project.cmake \
+      --replace '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/'$'{INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR} '$'{'$'{PROJECT_NAME}_FULL_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR}
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake gfortran perl ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/entt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/entt/default.nix
index 7c87580aea118..01d4b88246a8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/entt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/entt/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  # https://github.com/skypjack/entt/issues/890
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace cmake/in/entt.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/skypjack/entt";
     description = "A header-only, tiny and easy to use library for game programming and much more written in modern C++";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpegthumbnailer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpegthumbnailer/default.nix
index cb7b8214c57d5..bfe8f80032dd8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpegthumbnailer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpegthumbnailer/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ ffmpeg libpng libjpeg ];
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DENABLE_THUMBNAILER=ON" ];
 
+  # https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer/issues/215
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace libffmpegthumbnailer.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib;  {
     homepage = "https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer";
     description = "A lightweight video thumbnailer";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gbenchmark/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gbenchmark/default.nix
index fc356d6f00341..ff7aa2fbdda8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gbenchmark/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gbenchmark/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postPatch = ''
     cp -r ${gtest.src} googletest
     chmod -R u+w googletest
+
+    # https://github.com/google/benchmark/issues/1396
+    substituteInPlace cmake/benchmark.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
   '';
 
   doCheck = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/getdns/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/getdns/default.nix
index 1ad8f1027c192..3691dc164077a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/getdns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/getdns/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ in rec {
 
     buildInputs = [ libidn2 openssl unbound ];
 
+    # https://github.com/getdnsapi/getdns/issues/517
+    postPatch = ''
+      substituteInPlace getdns.pc.in \
+        --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+        --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+    '';
+
     postInstall = "rm -r $out/share/doc";
 
     meta = with lib;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
index 2c5cade6b69c0..18acca3f69152 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace external/googleapis/CMakeLists.txt \
       --replace "https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/archive/\''${GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_GOOGLEAPIS_COMMIT_SHA}.tar.gz" "file://${googleapis}"
+
+    # https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/issues/8992
+    for file in external/googleapis/config.pc.in google/cloud/{,*/}config.pc.in; do
+      substituteInPlace "$file" \
+        --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+        --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@ \
+        --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR@
+    done
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
index be7509d4cfbf2..b378c81c89f49 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 , srt
 , vo-aacenc
 , libfreeaptx
+, zxing-cpp
 , VideoToolbox
 , AudioToolbox
 , AVFoundation
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     srt
     vo-aacenc
     libfreeaptx
+    zxing-cpp
   ] ++ lib.optionals enableZbar [
     zbar
   ] ++ lib.optionals faacSupport [
@@ -259,7 +261,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Dwasapi=disabled" # not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing / no Windows support
     "-Dwasapi2=disabled" # not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing / no Windows support
     "-Dwpe=disabled" # required `wpe-webkit` library not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
-    "-Dzxing=disabled" # required `zxing-cpp` library not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
     "-Disac=disabled" # depends on `webrtc-audio-coding-1` not compatible with 0.3
     "-Dgs=disabled" # depends on `google-cloud-cpp`
     "-Donnx=disabled" # depends on `libonnxruntime` not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/extra-cmake-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/extra-cmake-modules/default.nix
index b274999010a26..e4168299c1826 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/extra-cmake-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/extra-cmake-modules/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
-{ mkDerivation, lib, cmake, pkg-config }:
+{ mkDerivation, lib, fetchpatch, cmake, pkg-config }:
 
 mkDerivation {
   pname = "extra-cmake-modules";
 
   patches = [
     ./nix-lib-path.patch
+    # https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/extra-cmake-modules/-/merge_requests/268
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/extra-cmake-modules/-/commit/5862a6f5b5cd7ed5a7ce2af01e44747c36318220.patch";
+      sha256 = "10y36fc3hnpmcsmjgfxn1rp4chj5yrhgghj7m8gbmcai1q5jr0xj";
+    })
   ];
 
   outputs = [ "out" ];  # this package has no runtime components
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libargs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libargs/default.nix
index f75f556fb0de6..3b27df772117c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libargs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libargs/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  # https://github.com/Taywee/args/issues/108
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR_ARCHIND} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+    substituteInPlace packaging/pkgconfig.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A simple header-only C++ argument parser library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Taywee/args";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbtbb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbtbb/default.nix
index 2e2b95c2d8c76..e0e70005e25f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbtbb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbtbb/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreServices ];
 
+  # https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/libbtbb/issues/63
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace lib/libbtbb.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Bluetooth baseband decoding library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/libbtbb";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcork/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcork/default.nix
index 3875ff91185af..305ba24e280ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcork/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcork/default.nix
@@ -16,14 +16,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "152gqnmr6wfmflf5l6447am4clmg3p69pvy3iw7yhaawjqa797sk";
   };
 
-  # N.B. We need to create this file, otherwise it tries to use git to
-  # determine the package version, which we do not want.
-  #
-  # N.B. We disable tests by force, since their build is broken.
   postPatch = ''
+    # N.B. We need to create this file, otherwise it tries to use git to
+    # determine the package version, which we do not want.
     echo "${version}" > .version-stamp
     echo "${version}" > .commit-stamp
+
+    # N.B. We disable tests by force, since their build is broken.
     sed -i '/add_subdirectory(tests)/d' ./CMakeLists.txt
+
+    # https://github.com/dcreager/libcork/issues/173
+    substituteInPlace cmake/FindCTargets.cmake \
+      --replace '\$'{exec_prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR} \
+      --replace '\$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR} \
+      --replace '\$'{datarootdir}/'$'{base_docdir} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DOCDIR}
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libebml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libebml/default.nix
index 84025e24f6598..00fc506add7fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libebml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libebml/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       sha256 = "1yd6rsds03kwx5jki4hihd2bpfh26g5l1pi82qzaqzarixdxwzvl";
       excludes = [ "ChangeLog" ];
     })
+    # in master post 1.4.2, see https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/issues/97
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-pkg-config.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/42fbae35d291b737f2bb4ad5d643fd0d48537a88.patch";
+      sha256 = "020qp4a3l60mcm4n310ynxbbv5qlpmybb9xy10pjvx4brp83pmy3";
+    })
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libebur128/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libebur128/default.nix
index 656923da3d152..c91cb23189f70 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libebur128/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libebur128/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ speexdsp ];
 
+  # https://github.com/jiixyj/libebur128/issues/121
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace ebur128/libebur128.pc.cmake \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Implementation of the EBU R128 loudness standard";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jiixyj/libebur128";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiio/cmake-fix-libxml2-find-package.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiio/cmake-fix-libxml2-find-package.patch
index 25345bef90c42..034f6d32c7d1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiio/cmake-fix-libxml2-find-package.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiio/cmake-fix-libxml2-find-package.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 diff --color -ur a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
---- a/CMakeLists.txt	2021-05-30 13:46:22.256040282 +0200
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2021-05-30 14:15:42.530181216 +0200
-@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
- # So, try first to find the CMake module provided by libxml2 package, then fallback
- # on the CMake's FindLibXml2.cmake module (which can lack some definition, especially
- # in static build case).
--find_package(LibXml2 QUIET NO_MODULE)
-+find_package(LibXml2 QUIET MODULE)
- if(DEFINED LIBXML2_VERSION_STRING)
- 	set(LIBXML2_FOUND ON)
- 	set(LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR ${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2022-06-02 02:57:01.503340155 +0300
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2022-06-02 02:54:33.726941188 +0300
+@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
+ 	# So, try first to find the CMake module provided by libxml2 package, then fallback
+ 	# on the CMake's FindLibXml2.cmake module (which can lack some definition, especially
+ 	# in static build case).
+-	find_package(LibXml2 QUIET NO_MODULE)
++	find_package(LibXml2 QUIET MODULE)
+ 	if(DEFINED LIBXML2_VERSION_STRING)
+ 		set(LIBXML2_FOUND ON)
+ 		set(LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR ${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 Seulement dans b: good.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiio/default.nix
index e704076ab57af..400da08cab328 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiio/default.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@
 , libxml2
 , python
 , libusb1
+, avahi
+, libaio
 , runtimeShell
 , lib
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libiio";
-  version = "0.21";
+  version = "0.23";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" "python" ];
 
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "analogdevicesinc";
     repo = "libiio";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0psw67mzysdb8fkh8xpcwicm7z94k8plkcc8ymxyvl6inshq0mc7";
+    sha256 = "0awny9zb43dcnxa5jpxay2zxswydblnbn4x6vi5mlw1r48pzhjf8";
   };
 
   # Revert after https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/125008 is
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     python
     libxml2
     libusb1
+    avahi
+    libaio
   ] ++ lib.optional python.isPy3k python.pkgs.setuptools;
 
   cmakeFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
index 461a3579ddef8..567d985fd3d45 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   patches = [
+    # present in master, see https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/pull/1403
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "prefixless-pkg-config.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/commit/0b906564bfbfd8507d61c5d6a447f545f893227c.patch";
+      sha256 = "1g5c6lrsmgxb9j64pjy8lbdgbvw834m5jyfivy9ppmd8iiv0kkq4";
+    })
+
     # present in master, remove after 0.7?
     (fetchpatch {
       name = "fix-link-lld-macho.patch";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatroska/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatroska/default.nix
index a89bf9fc4ab9f..1d5d13259bb29 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatroska/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatroska/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkg-config
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, pkg-config
 , libebml }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "01dg12ndxfdqgjx5v2qy4mff6xjdxglywyg82sr3if5aw6rp3dji";
   };
 
+  # in master post 1.6.3, see https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska/issues/62
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-pkg-config.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska/commit/53f6ea573878621871bca5f089220229fcb33a3b.patch";
+      sha256 = "1lcxl3n32kk5x4aa4ja7p68km7qb2bwscavpv7qdmbhp3w5ia0mk";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libebml ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmodule/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmodule/default.nix
index d77d2bcbdcd74..dd98908f3111a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmodule/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmodule/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pkg-config
   ];
 
+  # https://github.com/FedeDP/libmodule/issues/7
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Extra/libmodule.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "C simple and elegant implementation of an actor library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/FedeDP/libmodule";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnats-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnats-c/default.nix
index 7c72b6774994c..b39cb7be189af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnats-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnats-c/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   separateDebugInfo = true;
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
+  # https://github.com/nats-io/nats.c/issues/542
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/libnats.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "C API for the NATS messaging system";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/nats-io/nats.c";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libquotient/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libquotient/default.nix
index eea7eeb88fc77..0f75c8d1f4e5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libquotient/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libquotient/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     "-DQuotient_ENABLE_E2EE=OFF"
   ];
 
+  # https://github.com/quotient-im/libQuotient/issues/551
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Quotient.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A Qt5 library to write cross-platform clients for Matrix";
     homepage = "https://matrix.org/docs/projects/sdk/quotient";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsurvive/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsurvive/default.nix
index 02c4ddffd78ad..429c4bb33d963 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsurvive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsurvive/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     eigen
   ];
 
+  # https://github.com/cntools/libsurvive/issues/272
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace survive.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Open Source Lighthouse Tracking System";
     homepage = "https://github.com/cntools/libsurvive";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/default.nix
index 412446f215f81..09788cfef71d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ boostPython openssl zlib python ncurses ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ SystemConfiguration ];
 
+  # https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/6865
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace cmake/Modules/GeneratePkgConfig.cmake \
+      --replace @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/'$<'1: '$<'1:
+    substituteInPlace cmake/Modules/GeneratePkgConfig/target-compile-settings.cmake.in \
+      --replace 'set(_INSTALL_LIBDIR "@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@")' \
+                'set(_INSTALL_LIBDIR "@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@")
+                 set(_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR "@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@")'
+    substituteInPlace cmake/Modules/GeneratePkgConfig/pkg-config.cmake.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
     moveToOutput "include" "$dev"
     moveToOutput "lib/${python.libPrefix}" "$python"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtsm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtsm/default.nix
index 25214242b5318..7c0868509f092 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtsm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtsm/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
 
+  # https://github.com/Aetf/libtsm/issues/20
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace etc/libtsm.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Terminal-emulator State Machine";
     homepage = "http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/kmscon/libtsm/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libunarr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libunarr/default.nix
index 523ce82ce22de..94269e85c66d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libunarr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libunarr/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  # https://github.com/selmf/unarr/issues/23
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pkg-config.pc.cmake \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/selmf/unarr";
     description = "A lightweight decompression library with support for rar, tar and zip archives";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libzra/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libzra/default.nix
index 3ebfc21095d16..feb0f1840b4da 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libzra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libzra/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  # in submodule dev as of 1.4.7
+  postPatch = ''
+    (cd submodule/zstd && patch -Np1 < ${./fix-pkg-config.patch})
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/zraorg/ZRA";
     description = "Library for ZStandard random access";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libzra/fix-pkg-config.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libzra/fix-pkg-config.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5b0d40a4233f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libzra/fix-pkg-config.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+From 7be7e35d61d8d499599623502a35460d410de114 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alexander Shpilkin <ashpilkin@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 16:03:27 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Squashed commit of the following:
+
+commit 9aacb9d5da65a64c3845937a6f9eede329d43989
+Author: W. Felix Handte <w@felixhandte.com>
+Date:   Tue Dec 8 20:46:02 2020 -0500
+
+    Apply Same Strategy to CMake
+
+    (cherry picked from commit a75f9ce3e924564ab358c2c1aa95b6268383ec42)
+
+commit e21b7ad0d98d1322ea92f99fcd1f85e2d6b6f6b7
+Author: W. Felix Handte <w@felixhandte.com>
+Date:   Tue Dec 8 20:10:05 2020 -0500
+
+    Avoid Use of Regexes in Building Package-Config File
+
+    (cherry picked from commit b521183c74795bd9bdd9bdebe74af01cae4d3d43)
+---
+ build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
+ lib/Makefile                   | 35 ++++++++++++++++------------------
+ lib/libzstd.pc.in              |  6 +++---
+ 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+index 32ae7525..466c2c7b 100644
+--- a/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -137,12 +137,33 @@ endif ()
+ if (UNIX)
+     # pkg-config
+     set(PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+-    set(LIBDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+-    set(INCLUDEDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
++    set(EXEC_PREFIX "\\$$\{prefix}")
++    set(LIBDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}")
++    set(INCLUDEDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}")
+     set(VERSION "${zstd_VERSION}")
++
++    string(LENGTH "${PREFIX}" PREFIX_LENGTH)
++    string(SUBSTRING "${LIBDIR}" 0 ${PREFIX_LENGTH} LIBDIR_PREFIX)
++    string(SUBSTRING "${LIBDIR}" ${PREFIX_LENGTH} -1 LIBDIR_SUFFIX)
++    string(SUBSTRING "${INCLUDEDIR}" 0 ${PREFIX_LENGTH} INCLUDEDIR_PREFIX)
++    string(SUBSTRING "${INCLUDEDIR}" ${PREFIX_LENGTH} -1 INCLUDEDIR_SUFFIX)
++
++    if ("${INCLUDEDIR_PREFIX}" STREQUAL "${PREFIX}")
++        set(INCLUDEDIR_PREFIX "\\$$\{prefix}")
++    endif()
++    if ("${LIBDIR_PREFIX}" STREQUAL "${PREFIX}")
++        set(LIBDIR_PREFIX "\\$$\{exec_prefix}")
++    endif()
++
+     add_custom_target(libzstd.pc ALL
+-            ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DIN="${LIBRARY_DIR}/libzstd.pc.in" -DOUT="libzstd.pc"
+-            -DPREFIX="${PREFIX}" -DLIBDIR="${LIBDIR}" -DINCLUDEDIR="${INCLUDEDIR}" -DVERSION="${VERSION}"
++            ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
++            -DIN="${LIBRARY_DIR}/libzstd.pc.in"
++            -DOUT="libzstd.pc"
++            -DPREFIX="${PREFIX}"
++            -DEXEC_PREFIX="${EXEC_PREFIX}"
++            -DINCLUDEDIR="${INCLUDEDIR_PREFIX}${INCLUDEDIR_SUFFIX}"
++            -DLIBDIR="${LIBDIR_PREFIX}${LIBDIR_SUFFIX}"
++            -DVERSION="${VERSION}"
+             -P "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pkgconfig.cmake"
+             COMMENT "Creating pkg-config file")
+ 
+diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
+index 4a9ab799..2893ec21 100644
+--- a/lib/Makefile
++++ b/lib/Makefile
+@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ ifneq (,$(filter $(shell uname),Linux Darwin GNU/kFreeBSD GNU OpenBSD FreeBSD Ne
+ 
+ all: libzstd.pc
+ 
++HAS_EXPLICIT_EXEC_PREFIX := $(if $(or $(EXEC_PREFIX),$(exec_prefix)),1,)
++
+ DESTDIR     ?=
+ # directory variables : GNU conventions prefer lowercase
+ # see https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Makefile-Conventions.html
+@@ -270,24 +272,17 @@ LIBDIR      ?= $(libdir)
+ includedir  ?= $(PREFIX)/include
+ INCLUDEDIR  ?= $(includedir)
+ 
+-PCLIBDIR ?= $(shell echo "$(LIBDIR)" | sed -n $(SED_ERE_OPT) -e "s@^$(EXEC_PREFIX)(/|$$)@@p")
+-PCINCDIR ?= $(shell echo "$(INCLUDEDIR)" | sed -n $(SED_ERE_OPT) -e "s@^$(PREFIX)(/|$$)@@p")
++PCINCDIR := $(patsubst $(PREFIX)%,%,$(INCLUDEDIR))
++PCLIBDIR := $(patsubst $(EXEC_PREFIX)%,%,$(LIBDIR))
+ 
+-ifeq (,$(PCLIBDIR))
+-# Additional prefix check is required, since the empty string is technically a
+-# valid PCLIBDIR
+-ifeq (,$(shell echo "$(LIBDIR)" | sed -n $(SED_ERE_OPT) -e "\\@^$(EXEC_PREFIX)(/|$$)@ p"))
+-$(error configured libdir ($(LIBDIR)) is outside of prefix ($(PREFIX)), can't generate pkg-config file)
+-endif
+-endif
++# If we successfully stripped off a prefix, we'll add a reference to the
++# relevant pc variable.
++PCINCPREFIX := $(if $(findstring $(INCLUDEDIR),$(PCINCDIR)),,$${prefix})
++PCLIBPREFIX := $(if $(findstring $(LIBDIR),$(PCLIBDIR)),,$${exec_prefix})
+ 
+-ifeq (,$(PCINCDIR))
+-# Additional prefix check is required, since the empty string is technically a
+-# valid PCINCDIR
+-ifeq (,$(shell echo "$(INCLUDEDIR)" | sed -n $(SED_ERE_OPT) -e "\\@^$(PREFIX)(/|$$)@ p"))
+-$(error configured includedir ($(INCLUDEDIR)) is outside of exec_prefix ($(EXEC_PREFIX)), can't generate pkg-config file)
+-endif
+-endif
++# If no explicit EXEC_PREFIX was set by the caller, write it out as a reference
++# to PREFIX, rather than as a resolved value.
++PCEXEC_PREFIX := $(if $(HAS_EXPLICIT_EXEC_PREFIX),$(EXEC_PREFIX),$${prefix})
+ 
+ ifneq (,$(filter $(shell uname),FreeBSD NetBSD DragonFly))
+ PKGCONFIGDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/libdata/pkgconfig
+@@ -308,9 +303,11 @@ INSTALL_DATA    ?= $(INSTALL) -m 644
+ libzstd.pc:
+ libzstd.pc: libzstd.pc.in
+ 	@echo creating pkgconfig
+-	$(Q)@sed $(SED_ERE_OPT) -e 's|@PREFIX@|$(PREFIX)|' \
+-          -e 's|@LIBDIR@|$(PCLIBDIR)|' \
+-          -e 's|@INCLUDEDIR@|$(PCINCDIR)|' \
++	$(Q)@sed $(SED_ERE_OPT) \
++	        -e 's|@PREFIX@|$(PREFIX)|' \
++	        -e 's|@EXEC_PREFIX@|$(PCEXEC_PREFIX)|' \
++          -e 's|@INCLUDEDIR@|$(PCINCPREFIX)$(PCINCDIR)|' \
++          -e 's|@LIBDIR@|$(PCLIBPREFIX)$(PCLIBDIR)|' \
+           -e 's|@VERSION@|$(VERSION)|' \
+           $< >$@
+ 
+diff --git a/lib/libzstd.pc.in b/lib/libzstd.pc.in
+index 8ec0235a..8465c977 100644
+--- a/lib/libzstd.pc.in
++++ b/lib/libzstd.pc.in
+@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
+ #   BSD 2-Clause License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php)
+ 
+ prefix=@PREFIX@
+-exec_prefix=${prefix}
+-includedir=${prefix}/@INCLUDEDIR@
+-libdir=${exec_prefix}/@LIBDIR@
++exec_prefix=@EXEC_PREFIX@
++includedir=@INCLUDEDIR@
++libdir=@LIBDIR@
+ 
+ Name: zstd
+ Description: fast lossless compression algorithm library
+-- 
+2.36.0
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mysocketw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mysocketw/default.nix
index 32987d649922a..5ee10c854a557 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mysocketw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mysocketw/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, fetchurl
 , openssl
 , cmake
 }:
 
+let
+
+  joinpaths-src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/AnotherFoxGuy/CMakeCM/raw/afe41f4536ae21f6f11f83e8c0b8b8c450ef1332/modules/JoinPaths.cmake";
+    hash = "sha256-eUsNj6YqO3mMffEtUBFFgNGkeiNL+2tNgwkutkam7MQ=";
+  };
+
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mysocketw";
   version = "3.11.0";
@@ -16,6 +26,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-mpfhmKE2l59BllkOjmURIfl17lAakXpmGh2x9SFSaAo=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # in master post 3.11.0, see https://github.com/RigsOfRods/socketw/issues/16
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-pkg-config.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/RigsOfRods/socketw/commit/17cad062c3673bd0da74a2fecadb01dbf9813a07.patch";
+      sha256 = "01b019gfm01g0r1548cizrf7mqigsda8jnrzhg8dhi9c49nfw1bp";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
   ];
@@ -24,6 +43,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     openssl
   ];
 
+  postUnpack = ''(
+    mkdir -p source/build/_cmcm-modules/resolved && cd $_
+    cp ${joinpaths-src} JoinPaths.cmake
+    printf %s 'https://AnotherFoxGuy.com/CMakeCM::modules/JoinPaths.cmake.1' > JoinPaths.cmake.whence
+  )'';
+
   postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     substituteInPlace src/Makefile \
         --replace -Wl,-soname, -Wl,-install_name,$out/lib/
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nanomsg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nanomsg/default.nix
index e7290d54c0b8d..d7b7409dad14e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/nanomsg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nanomsg/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  # https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg/issues/1082
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/pkgconfig.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description= "Socket library that provides several common communication patterns";
     homepage = "https://nanomsg.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix
index 21b10ad4ed15d..a0a5ddfa9c2d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     lib.optional (qrcodegenSupport) "-DUSE_QRCODEGEN=ON"
     ++ lib.optional (!multimediaSupport) "-DUSE_MULTIMEDIA=none";
 
+  # https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/issues/2661
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace tools/notcurses-core.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+    substituteInPlace tools/notcurses-ffi.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+    substituteInPlace tools/notcurses++.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+    substituteInPlace tools/notcurses.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses";
     description = "Blingful TUIs and character graphics";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/olm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/olm/default.nix
index 47a2656871222..8c205d73287f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/olm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/olm/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace olm.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Implements double cryptographic ratchet and Megolm ratchet";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openal-soft/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openal-soft/default.nix
index fa1d5af480420..434918c0c87bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openal-soft/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openal-soft/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkg-config
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, pkg-config
 , alsaSupport ? !stdenv.isDarwin, alsa-lib
 , dbusSupport ? !stdenv.isDarwin, dbus
 , pipewireSupport ? !stdenv.isDarwin, pipewire
@@ -17,9 +17,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-MVM0qCZDWcO7/Hnco+0dBqzBLcWD279xjx0slxxlc4w=";
   };
 
-  # this will make it find its own data files (e.g. HRTF profiles)
-  # without any other configuration
-  patches = [ ./search-out.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    # this will make it find its own data files (e.g. HRTF profiles)
+    # without any other configuration
+    ./search-out.patch
+    # merged after 1.22.0 in https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft/pull/696
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft/commit/0bf2abae9b2121c3bc5a56dab30eca308136bc29.patch";
+      sha256 = "1fhjjy7nrhrj3a0wlmsqpf8h3ss6s487vz5jrhamyv04nbcahn20";
+    })
+  ];
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace core/helpers.cpp \
       --replace "@OUT@" $out
@@ -46,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "OpenAL alternative";
-    homepage = "https://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html";
+    homepage = "https://openal-soft.org/";
     license = licenses.lgpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ftrvxmtrx];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencolorio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencolorio/default.nix
index 81ab688b64364..79f66a616b959 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencolorio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencolorio/default.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # TODO Investigate this: Python and GPU tests fail to load libOpenColorIO.so.2.0
   # doCheck = true;
 
+  # https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO/issues/1649
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/OpenColorIO/CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace '\$'{exec_prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR} \
+      --replace '\$'{exec_prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://opencolorio.org";
     description = "A color management framework for visual effects and animation";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opendht/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opendht/default.nix
index 218059ab1afb0..25b4289d5f24c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/opendht/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opendht/default.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DOPENDHT_PUSH_NOTIFICATIONS=ON"
   ];
 
+  # https://github.com/savoirfairelinux/opendht/issues/612
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace '\$'{exec_prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR} \
+      --replace '\$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}
+  '';
+
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" "man" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openxr-loader/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openxr-loader/default.nix
index 51f86ef386047..6731fb716fe70 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openxr-loader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openxr-loader/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "layers" ];
 
+  # https://github.com/KhronosGroup/OpenXR-SDK-Source/issues/305
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/loader/openxr.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p "$layers/share"
     mv "$out/share/openxr" "$layers/share"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/orcania/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/orcania/default.nix
index abe45b63372f7..338deafa763ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/orcania/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/orcania/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, check, subunit }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchpatch, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, check, subunit }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "orcania";
   version = "2.3.0";
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-QAq/6MGVj+iBHLElHuqokF1v3LU1TZ9hVVJE1s3y6f0=";
   };
 
+  # in master post 2.2.2, see https://github.com/babelouest/orcania/issues/27
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-pkg-config.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/babelouest/orcania/commit/4eac7d5ff76bb3bec8250fef300b723c8891552a.patch";
+      sha256 = "01bsxay1ca8d08ac3ddcqyvjwgz5mgs68jz5y3gzq4qnzl3q1i54";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   checkInputs = [ check subunit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/default.nix
index 68b47e2a2eb3c..c7a3167782121 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-zMP+WzC65BFz8g8mF5t7toqxmxCJePysd6WJuqpe8yg=";
   };
 
+  # https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/3206
+  postPatch = ''
+    # NB will not apply once https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/pull/3150 is released
+    substituteInPlace cmake/ProjUtilities.cmake \
+      --replace '$\{exec_prefix\}/$'{PROJ_LIB_SUBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR} \
+      --replace '$\{prefix\}/$'{PROJ_INCLUDE_SUBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR} \
+      --replace '$\{prefix\}/$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATAROOTDIR}
+    substituteInPlace cmake/project-config.cmake.in \
+      --replace '$'{_ROOT}/@INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{_ROOT}/@LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{_ROOT}/@BINDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR@
+  '';
+
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rabbitmq-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rabbitmq-c/default.nix
index 3d8fa0f95d936..b5324abd6ced3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rabbitmq-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rabbitmq-c/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [ openssl popt xmlto ];
 
+  # https://github.com/alanxz/rabbitmq-c/issues/733
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace '\$'{exec_prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR} \
+      --replace '\$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "RabbitMQ C AMQP client library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/alanxz/rabbitmq-c";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/recastnavigation/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/recastnavigation/default.nix
index 7825983a455b0..59f39986ffcdd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/recastnavigation/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/recastnavigation/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     cp ${catch}/include/catch/catch.hpp Tests/catch.hpp
+
+    # https://github.com/recastnavigation/recastnavigation/issues/524
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace '\$'{exec_prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR} \
+      --replace '\$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}
   '';
 
   doCheck = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/reproc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/reproc/default.nix
index b8449b61d76da..2083a6a7af4d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/reproc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/reproc/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DREPROC_TEST=ON"
   ];
 
+  # https://github.com/DaanDeMeyer/reproc/issues/81
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace reproc++/reproc++.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+    substituteInPlace reproc/reproc.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/DaanDeMeyer/reproc";
     description = "A cross-platform (C99/C++11) process library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rinutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rinutils/default.nix
index d80a5f79d6ad7..efb2adf497f17 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rinutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rinutils/default.nix
@@ -18,4 +18,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake perl ];
+
+  # https://github.com/shlomif/rinutils/issues/5
+  # (variable was unused at time of writing)
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace librinutils.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@RINUTILS_INSTALL_MYLIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocm-thunk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocm-thunk/default.nix
index 583d9b59900e1..c2a67a6f14622 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocm-thunk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocm-thunk/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ libdrm numactl ];
 
+  # https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/ROCT-Thunk-Interface/issues/75
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace libhsakmt.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
     cp -r $src/include $out
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sentencepiece/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sentencepiece/default.nix
index cc4dd1268e607..ea903ca58e0e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sentencepiece/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sentencepiece/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" ];
 
+  # https://github.com/google/sentencepiece/issues/754
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace '\$'{exec_prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR} \
+      --replace '\$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/google/sentencepiece";
     description = "Unsupervised text tokenizer for Neural Network-based text generation";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/spdlog/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/spdlog/default.nix
index 9c61ef70624db..b77eb935d4e6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/spdlog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/spdlog/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, fmt_8
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, fmt_8, fetchpatch
 , staticBuild ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ let
         inherit sha256;
       };
 
+      # in master post 1.10.0, see https://github.com/gabime/spdlog/issues/2380
+      patches = lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast version "1.4.1") (fetchpatch {
+        name = "fix-pkg-config.patch";
+        url = "https://github.com/gabime/spdlog/commit/afb69071d5346b84e38fbcb0c8c32eddfef02a55.patch";
+        sha256 = "0cab2bbv8zyfhrhfvcyfwf5p2fddlq5hs2maampn5w18f6jhvk6q";
+      });
+
       nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
       # spdlog <1.3 uses a bundled version of fmt
       propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast version "1.3") fmt_8;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/spirv-headers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/spirv-headers/default.nix
index c634b83304283..d55f1d9d3b88f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/spirv-headers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/spirv-headers/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  # https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Headers/issues/282
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace SPIRV-Headers.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     description = "Machine-readable components of the Khronos SPIR-V Registry";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tdlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tdlib/default.nix
index 0196e62fb977a..10982240d971d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tdlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tdlib/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ gperf openssl readline zlib ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  # https://github.com/tdlib/td/issues/1974
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMake/GeneratePkgConfig.cmake \
+      --replace 'function(generate_pkgconfig' \
+                'include(GNUInstallDirs)
+                 function(generate_pkgconfig' \
+      --replace '\$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR} \
+      --replace '\$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Cross-platform library for building Telegram clients";
     homepage = "https://core.telegram.org/tdlib/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyobjloader/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyobjloader/default.nix
index 113e5f5ae95a9..d07a841c3c021 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyobjloader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyobjloader/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  # https://github.com/tinyobjloader/tinyobjloader/issues/336
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace tinyobjloader.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@TINYOBJLOADER_LIBRARY_DIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@TINYOBJLOADER_INCLUDE_DIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/tinyobjloader/tinyobjloader";
     description = "Tiny but powerful single file wavefront obj loader";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/usrsctp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/usrsctp/default.nix
index 64b1debc0ce55..af8979c79d13f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/usrsctp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/usrsctp/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  # https://github.com/sctplab/usrsctp/issues/662
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace usrsctplib/CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR} \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sctplab/usrsctp";
     description = "A portable SCTP userland stack";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wildmidi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wildmidi/default.nix
index 7983806a3090f..88dd403a31fd8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wildmidi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wildmidi/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure = ''
     substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
       --replace /etc/wildmidi $out/etc
+    # https://github.com/Mindwerks/wildmidi/issues/236
+    substituteInPlace src/wildmidi.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xsimd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xsimd/default.nix
index 79bfdf9712ad7..7d0af99645ec9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xsimd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xsimd/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     in
     "-${builtins.concatStringsSep ":" filteredTests}";
 
+  # https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xsimd/issues/748
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace xsimd.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "C++ wrappers for SIMD intrinsics";
     homepage = "https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xsimd";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xtensor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xtensor/default.nix
index fe978998d6372..3503c6894efe9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xtensor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xtensor/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   checkInputs = [ gtest ];
   checkTarget = "xtest";
 
+  # https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xtensor/issues/2542
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace xtensor.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Multi-dimensional arrays with broadcasting and lazy computing.";
     homepage = "https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xtensor";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zxing-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zxing-cpp/default.nix
index 126ef2bc69d69..b9d61e5af626d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/zxing-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zxing-cpp/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DBUILD_BLACKBOX_TESTS=OFF"
   ];
 
+  # https://github.com/nu-book/zxing-cpp/issues/335
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace 'configure_file(zxing.pc.in' \
+                'include(GNUInstallDirs)
+                 configure_file(zxing.pc.in'
+    substituteInPlace zxing.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/nu-book/zxing-cpp";
     description = "C++ port of zxing (a Java barcode image processing library)";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix
index 150df6e25093c..4bf7d942cbca0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DSPIRV-Headers_SOURCE_DIR=${spirv-headers.src}" ];
 
+  # https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools/issues/3905
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace '-P ''${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/write_pkg_config.cmake' \
+                '-DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR=''${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}
+                 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR=''${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}
+                 -P ''${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/write_pkg_config.cmake'
+    substituteInPlace cmake/SPIRV-Tools.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+    substituteInPlace cmake/SPIRV-Tools-shared.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     description = "The SPIR-V Tools project provides an API and commands for processing SPIR-V modules";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/cog/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/cog/default.nix
index a08687e70fd83..c350149f32e23 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/cog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/cog/default.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DCOG_USE_WEBKITGTK=ON"
   ];
 
+  # https://github.com/Igalia/cog/issues/438
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace core/cogcore.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+  '';
+
   # not ideal, see https://github.com/WebPlatformForEmbedded/libwpe/issues/59
   preFixup = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/cog \
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bcc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bcc/default.nix
index ab3e2232852bb..bb042e31c0e8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bcc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bcc/default.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
     substituteAll ${./absolute-ausyscall.patch} ./absolute-ausyscall.patch
     patch -p1 < absolute-ausyscall.patch
+
+    # https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/issues/3996
+    substituteInPlace src/cc/libbcc.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powercap/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powercap/default.nix
index 96ec83852d9db..e705b6a348571 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powercap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powercap/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "powercap";
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-l+IpFqBnCYUU825++sUPySD/Ku0TEIX2kt+S0Wml6iA=";
   };
 
+  # in master post 0.6.0, see https://github.com/powercap/powercap/issues/8
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-pkg-config.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/powercap/powercap/commit/278dceb51635686e343edfc357b6020533fff299.patch";
+      sha256 = "0h62j63xdn0iqyx4xbia6hlmdjn45camb82z4vv6sb37x9sph7rg";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/bluetooth/obexftp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/bluetooth/obexftp/default.nix
index 3d9eda383ddfe..8fd031d331c03 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/bluetooth/obexftp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/bluetooth/obexftp/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ openobex ];
 
+  # https://sourceforge.net/p/openobex/bugs/66/
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace '\$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR} \
+      --replace '\$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}
+  '';
+
   # There's no such thing like "bluetooth" library; possibly they meant "bluez" but it links correctly without this.
   postFixup = ''
     sed -i 's,^Requires: bluetooth,Requires:,' $out/lib/pkgconfig/obexftp.pc
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/bluetooth/openobex/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/bluetooth/openobex/default.nix
index 831644bd4ac0d..5d18319ac603c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/bluetooth/openobex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/bluetooth/openobex/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patchPhase = ''
     sed -i "s!/lib/udev!$out/lib/udev!" udev/CMakeLists.txt
     sed -i "/if ( PKGCONFIG_UDEV_FOUND )/,/endif ( PKGCONFIG_UDEV_FOUND )/d" udev/CMakeLists.txt
+    # https://sourceforge.net/p/openobex/bugs/66/
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace '\$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR} \
+      --replace '\$'{prefix}/'$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} '$'{CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}
     '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/shadowsocks-libev/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/shadowsocks-libev/default.nix
index 3ad9161c716b5..6018e77e5e432 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/shadowsocks-libev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/shadowsocks-libev/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=ON"
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev/issues/2901
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace '# pkg-config' \
+                '# pkg-config
+                 include(GNUInstallDirs)'
+    substituteInPlace cmake/shadowsocks-libev.pc.cmake \
+      --replace @prefix@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATAROOTDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_MANDIR@
+
+    # https://github.com/dcreager/libcork/issues/173 but needs a different patch (yay vendoring)
+    substituteInPlace libcork/src/libcork.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@ \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
     cp lib/* $out/lib
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/libdnf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/libdnf/default.nix
index 1cfccdd098f35..136b888f009ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/libdnf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/libdnf/default.nix
@@ -41,11 +41,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp ${libsolv}/share/cmake/Modules/FindLibSolv.cmake cmake/modules/
   '';
 
-  # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/107428
   postPatch = ''
+    # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/107428
     substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
       --replace "enable_testing()" "" \
       --replace "add_subdirectory(tests)" ""
+
+    # https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libdnf/issues/1518
+    substituteInPlace libdnf/libdnf.pc.in \
+      --replace '$'{prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
   '';
 
   cmakeFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/rnp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/rnp/default.nix
index a18571c804041..63053a10095c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/rnp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/rnp/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , bzip2
 , cmake
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , gnupg
 , gtest
 , json_c
@@ -24,6 +25,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "u0etVslTBF9fBqnpVBofYsm0uC/eR6gO3lhwzqua5Qw=";
   };
 
+  # in master post 0.16.0, see https://github.com/rnpgp/rnp/issues/1835
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-pkg-config.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/rnpgp/rnp/commit/de9856c94ea829cad277800ee03ec52e30993d8e.patch";
+      sha256 = "1vd83fva7lhmvqnvsrifqb2zdhfrbx84lf3l9i0hcph0k8h3ddx9";
+    })
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [ zlib bzip2 json_c botan2 ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [