Index: configure.ac
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--- configure.ac	(revision 158b026fb8f759ed1b6cebe96e8a07ccb25235cb)
+++ configure.ac	(revision 276f105254aa4738569d87456723e9b72f7a5a42)
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
 # don't use the default CFLAGS as they unconditonnaly add -O2
 : ${CFLAGS=""}
+: ${CXXFLAGS=""}
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])