--- Configure.orig	Sun Aug  8 13:56:29 1999
+++ Configure	Mon Aug  9 20:25:48 1999
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 "alpha-gcc","gcc:-O3::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG DES_UNROLL DES_RISC1:::",
 "alpha-cc", "cc:-std1 -tune host -O4 -readonly_strings::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG:::",
 "alpha164-cc", "cc:-std1 -tune host -fast -readonly_strings::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG:::",
-"FreeBSD-alpha","gcc:-DTERMIOS -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG DES_INT DES_PTR DES_RISC2:::",
+"FreeBSD-alpha","$ENV{CC}:-DTERMIOS $ENV{CFLAGS}::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG DES_INT DES_PTR DES_RISC2:::",
 
 # assembler versions -- currently defunct:
 ##"alpha-gcc","gcc:-O3::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG DES_UNROLL DES_RISC1:asm/alpha.o::",
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@
 "NetBSD-sparc",	"gcc:-DTERMIOS -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -mv8 -Wall -DB_ENDIAN::(unknown)::BN_LLONG MD2_CHAR RC4_INDEX DES_UNROLL:::",
 "NetBSD-m68",	"gcc:-DTERMIOS -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -DB_ENDIAN::(unknown)::BN_LLONG MD2_CHAR RC4_INDEX DES_UNROLL:::",
 "NetBSD-x86",	"gcc:-DTERMIOS -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -m486 -Wall::(unknown)::BN_LLONG $x86_gcc_des $x86_gcc_opts:",
-"FreeBSD-elf",  "gcc:-DTERMIOS -DL_ENDIAN -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -m486 -Wall::(unknown)::BN_LLONG $x86_gcc_des $x86_gcc_opts:$x86_elf_asm",
-"FreeBSD",      "gcc:-DTERMIOS -DL_ENDIAN -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -m486 -Wall::(unknown)::BN_LLONG $x86_gcc_des $x86_gcc_opts:$x86_out_asm",
+"FreeBSD-elf",  "$ENV{CC}:-DTERMIOS -DL_ENDIAN $ENV{CFLAGS}::(unknown)::BN_LLONG $x86_gcc_des $x86_gcc_opts:$x86_elf_asm",
+"FreeBSD",      "$ENV{CC}:-DTERMIOS -DL_ENDIAN $ENV{CFLAGS}::(unknown)::BN_LLONG $x86_gcc_des $x86_gcc_opts:$x86_out_asm",
 "bsdi-gcc",     "gcc:-O3 -ffast-math -DL_ENDIAN -DPERL5 -m486::(unknown)::RSA_LLONG $x86_gcc_des $x86_gcc_opts:$x86_bsdi_asm",
 "bsdi-elf-gcc",     "gcc:-DPERL5 -DL_ENDIAN -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -m486 -Wall::(unknown)::BN_LLONG $x86_gcc_des $x86_gcc_opts:$x86_elf_asm",
 "nextstep",	"cc:-O -Wall:<libc.h>:(unknown)::BN_LLONG $x86_gcc_des ${x86_gcc_opts}:::",
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
 my $perl;
 
 $ranlib=&which("ranlib") or $ranlib="true";
-$perl=&which("perl5") or $perl=&which("perl") or $perl="perl";
+$perl=$ENV{PERL};
 
 &usage if ($#ARGV < 0);