[bug #48348] gnustep-config doesn't do what I want

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #48348 (project gnustep):

While I see your point, that goes completely against established conventions
for *-config scripts.

I tested various config scripts (freetype-config, icu-config, xml2-config and
pkg-config, to name a few). The convention is that flags-type arguments output
-I and -D directives, and libs-type arguments output -L and -l directives.
This makes sense, because most folks just want to know where to find the
headers and library, and how to link to the library.

I think we should be able to do "$ gcc $OBJCFLAGS $LIBS `gnustep-config
--objc-flags --base-libs` main.m" to build a simple tool, just like I can do
"$ gcc $CFLAGS $LIBS `xml2-config --cflags --libs` main.c", without having the
output of gnustep-config interfere with $OBJCFLAGS and $LIBS already in place.
This is the simplest possible example I could come up with.

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