--- gforth/configure.in	2003/05/04 08:28:28	1.120
+++ gforth/configure.in	2003/05/15 18:43:15	1.121
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to p
 #along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 #Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
 
+
 dnl We use some automake macros here,
 dnl but don't use automake for creating Makefile.in
 AC_INIT([gforth],[0.6.1],[https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addbug&group=gforth])
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ UPDATED="March 11, 2003"
 AC_SUBST(UPDATED)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(engine/config.h)
 
+#suppress the "-g -O2" default
+test "$CFLAGS" || CFLAGS=-O2
+
 #default setting that may be changed later:
 no_dynamic_default=0
 
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(force-reg,
 AC_DEFINE(FORCE_REG,,[Define if you want to use explicit register declarations for better performance or for more convenient CODE words (does not work with all GCC versions on all machines)]))
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(debug,
-[  --with-debug     specifies option -g to compile with debug info (default)
+[  --with-debug    specifies option -g to compile with debug info
   --without-debug  omits the -g switch and creates smaller images on
                    machines where "strip" has problems with gcc style
                    debugging informations.],
@@ -85,8 +89,6 @@ dnl AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([_FILE_OFFSET_BIT
 #currently we force direct threading this way.  Eventually we should
 #setup in the arch and engine files right
 
-CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
-
 AC_PROG_CC
 
 test "$GCC" = "yes" || AC_MSG_ERROR(Gforth uses GNU C extensions and requires GCC 2.0 or higher)