--- Makefile.in.orig	Wed May 26 19:31:36 1999
+++ Makefile.in	Thu May 27 21:54:22 1999
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # for gzip because otherwise the load on the web server
 # grows without having big benefits.
 # COMPRESSION = -DCOMPRESSION=4
-COMPRESSION = -DCOMPRESSION=1
+COMPRESSION ?= -DCOMPRESSION=1
 
 # Dont change things beyond this line.
 TARGET          = @PROJECT_NAME@
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 srcdir          = @srcdir@
 CPPFLAGS        = @CPPFLAGS@
 
-CFLAGS += -O2 -Wall
+CFLAGS ?= -O2 -Wall
 ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) -I$(srcdir) $(COMPRESSION) 
 
 all: $(TARGET)