--- Makefile.orig	2013-12-21 12:57:43 UTC
+++ Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CC=gcc 
+CC?=gcc 
 
 BINDIR= ./bin
 DATADIR= ./dat
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ GTKLIBS=`pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0`
 GTKLIBS12=`gtk-config --cflags`
 GTKFLAGS12=`gtk-config --libs`
 
-CFLAGS=  -Wall -O3 --pedantic -I./include -DDATADIR=\"$(DATADIR)\" -DINSTALL_DATA_DIR=\"$(INSTALL_DATA_DIR)\"
-LDFLAGS= -lm -lpthread $(SOUNDFLAGS) $(GTKLIBS) 
+CFLAGS+=  -Wall -pedantic -I./include -DDATADIR=\"$(DATADIR)\" -DINSTALL_DATA_DIR=\"$(INSTALL_DATA_DIR)\"
+LDFLAGS+= -lm -lpthread $(SOUNDFLAGS) $(GTKLIBS) 
 
 # DEB pkg
 #CFLAGS += `dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS`
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ PROGRAM_SRCS=$(SRCPATH)spacezero.c $(SRC
 all: dirs spacezero
 
 spacezero: $(PROGRAM_OBJS) 
-	$(CC) $(PROGRAM_OBJS)  $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -g -o $(PROGRAM)
+	$(CC) $(PROGRAM_OBJS)  $(LDFLAGS) -o $(PROGRAM)
 
 gtk12: $(PROGRAM_SRCS) 
 	$(CC) `gtk-config --cflags` $(PROGRAM_SRCS)  $(LDFLAGS12) $(CFLAGS12) -g -o $(PROGRAM) `gtk-config --libs`
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ mrproper: clean
 	rm -f src/*~ include/*~
 
 .c.o:	
-	$(CC)  $(CFLAGS)   $(LDFLAGS) $(GTKFLAGS) -c $< -o  $@ 
+	$(CC)  $(CFLAGS)   $(GTKFLAGS) -c $< -o  $@