--- fofi/Makefile.orig 2011-12-19 11:57:17.000000000 +0000 +++ fofi/Makefile 2011-12-19 12:14:09.000000000 +0000 @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ GOOSRCDIR = $(srcdir)/../goo GOOLIBDIR = ../goo -CXXFLAGS = -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.. -I$(GOOSRCDIR) -I$(srcdir) +CXXFLAGS += -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.. -I$(GOOSRCDIR) -I$(srcdir) -CXX = g++ +CXX ?= g++ AR = ar rc RANLIB = ranlib