Blue Swirl wrote:
> On 6/15/09, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de> wrote:
>> In order to allow overriding flags that are set by configure, we have to
>>  append them instead of prepending as it is done so far.
> 
> The help message from configure does not mention about overriding but
> adding flags. Which one is this?

I didn't derive this from the help, but from common practice when using
EXTRA_* flags and the fact the gcc switches that come last override what
comes first. Without the patch, adding your personal -W* switches to the
build is impossible when they collide with some set by configure.

Jan