<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Dan Nicholson wrote: <blockquote cite="mid91705d080709180919i1d122575yc1ec69b9b6938b28@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Hmm, it should work like I described. I've built hundreds of packages in that manner. When you run ./configure (an autoconf generated configure, anyway), it should prefer CFLAGS from the environment and propagate them to the generated Makefiles. </pre> </blockquote> configure picks up the CFLAGS from the environment OK but gets a compile error on conftest.c, which is generated. This may be why it reverts to the default CFLAGS definition. I tried editing configure to get around this but that screwed the pooch so that restoring the original didn't put things back, which is why I had to go to the top and run the build script. That fixed everything and incorporated the CFLAGS definition. Still, it make me queasy poking around in the dark like that. <blockquote cite="mid91705d080709180919i1d122575yc1ec69b9b6938b28@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""></pre> <blockquote type="cite"><>It's a wiki, so if you find it to be lacking, you can add information there. That said, it is a little difficult to build up a fully functioning Xorg installation from scratch. For some clues, you can see the linuxfromscratch instructions. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/x/xorg7.html">http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/x/xorg7.html</a> It's a little behind the times, but it should give some clues. The only part truly missing there is the external pixman library needed for Xorg-7.3. -- Dan </></blockquote> </blockquote> Thanks, Dan, I'll have a look, although I've already muddled my way through and gotten my application building and running. Since I will eventually have to write build procedures for QA, I will probably make some contributions at that time. John </body> </html>