> > > > AFAIR, you have to change > > CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS) ./configure [...] > > to > > CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" ./configure [...] > > in debian/rules. > > Wouldn't > > CFLAGS += .configure [...] > > be a lot easier in most cases? That's a totally different notion :P We're trying to set a shell variable before calling ./configure. regards, junichi