--- configure.orig	Mon Nov 27 23:54:52 2000
+++ configure	Mon Nov 27 23:57:18 2000
@@ -4014,7 +4014,7 @@
   withval="$with_optimization"
   
     if test "$CXX" = "g++" || test "$CXX" = "c++" || test "$host_os" = "linux" ; then
-	CXXFLAGS="-O3 -fforce-mem -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer"
+	CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fforce-mem -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer"
     fi
     if test "$CXX" = "CC" && test "$host_os" = "hpux" ; then
 	CXXFLAGS="+O3 +a1"