--- Makefile.orig	2009-09-29 17:03:31.000000000 +0200
+++ Makefile	2010-06-01 01:39:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@
 #  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
 
 
-CC = gcc
-CFLAGS = -fPIC -O3 -g -ggdb -c -std=gnu99 -I. -pedantic \
-		 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE \
-		 -Wall -Werror -Wimplicit -Wunused -Wcomment -Wchar-subscripts -Wuninitialized -Wcast-align \
-		 -Wreturn-type -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast
+CC ?= gcc
+INC = -I.
+DEFINES = -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
+EXTRAFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) -std=gnu99 -pedantic -Wall -Wimplicit \
+	-Wunused -Wcomment -Wchar-subscripts -Wuninitialized -Wcast-align \
+	-Wreturn-type -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast
 
-LD = gcc
-LDFLAGS = -fPIC -lpthread
+LD ?= gcc
+LIBS = -lpthread
 
 SRCS = debug.c intrace.c threads.c listener.c \
 	   sender.c display.c
@@ -34,10 +35,10 @@
 all: $(BIN)
 
 .c.o: %.c
-	@(echo CC $<; $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $<)
+	$(CC) $(INC) $(DEFINES) ${EXTRAFLAGS} -c $<
 
 $(BIN): $(OBJS)
-	@(echo LD $@; $(CC) -o $(BIN) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS))
+	$(CC) ${LDFLAGS} $(OBJS) $(LIBS) -o $(BIN)
 
 clean:
 	@(echo CLEAN; rm -f core $(OBJS) $(BIN))