* Remove hardcoded variable
* Respect user variables

--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
 VER_SUFFIX ?=
 
 #
-#      The following forces the compiler to be GCC.  If you have trouble
-#      with your default compiler, and you want to force GCC, uncomment it.
-CC=gcc
-#
 #     What version is this software (PLEASE don't change this just
 #     to mess with my brain. - wsy)
 #
@@ -82,7 +78,7 @@
 #
 #     Build our basic CFLAGS chunk
 #
-CFLAGS += -DVERSION='"$(VERSION)"'
+MY_CPPFLAGS += -DVERSION='"$(VERSION)"'
 #
 #  Known Neighbord On, only for debugging
 # CFLAGS += -DKNN_ON
@@ -104,7 +100,7 @@
 #  certain functions to be inline (I added that to force gcc to inline functions
 #  under high optimization but not under low so that debugging is possible - 
 #  that's why DO_INLINES is defined at O3 but not O0 - JB):
-CFLAGS += -O3 -Wall -DDO_INLINES
+MY_CPPFLAGS += -DDO_INLINES
 #     turn this one on for no optimization, but debugging
 #CFLAGS += -g -O0 -Wall
 #
@@ -119,7 +115,6 @@
 #    BSD users - do NOT use -static-libgcc!!!
 #    Also note that this keeps valgrind from running correctly so comment
 #    it out for debugging.
-LDFLAGS += -static -static-libgcc
 #    use this one if you want program profiling.
 #LDFLAGS += -static -static-libgcc -pg
 #LDFLAGS += -pg
@@ -306,7 +301,7 @@
         #                               of with your mods built in.
 
 crm114: $(OFILES)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(OFILES) \
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(OFILES) \
 	  -ltre -lm \
 	  -o crm114
 	#
@@ -315,7 +310,7 @@
 
 *.o: $(HFILES)
 .c.o:
-	$(CC)  $(CFLAGS) -c $*.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(MY_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -c $*.c
 
 cssutil: cssutil.o crm_css_maintenance.o crm_util_errorhandlers.o crm_str_funcs.o $(HFILES)
 	$(CC)  $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) cssutil.o \