diff -urN sdcc.orig/configure.in sdcc/configure.in
--- sdcc.orig/configure.in	2009-01-19 13:06:40.000000000 -0800
+++ sdcc/configure.in	2009-05-11 14:55:54.000000000 -0700
@@ -332,12 +332,12 @@
 # This is the first time when CFLAGS are set/modified!!
 adl_DD_COPT(CC, ggdb)
 if test "$sdcc_cv_CCggdb" = "yes"; then
-  CFLAGS="-ggdb ${CFLAGS}"
+: CFLAGS="-ggdb ${CFLAGS}"
 fi
 
 adl_DD_COPT(CC, pipe)
 if test "$sdcc_cv_CCpipe" = "yes"; then
-  CFLAGS="-pipe $CFLAGS"
+: CFLAGS="-pipe $CFLAGS"
 fi
 
 
diff -urN sdcc.orig/debugger/mcs51/configure.in sdcc/debugger/mcs51/configure.in
--- sdcc.orig/debugger/mcs51/configure.in	2007-01-03 13:19:58.000000000 -0800
+++ sdcc/debugger/mcs51/configure.in	2009-05-11 15:00:54.000000000 -0700
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@
 # This is the first time when CFLAGS are set/modified!!
 adl_DD_COPT(CC, ggdb)
 if test "$sdcc_cv_CCggdb" = "yes"; then
-  CFLAGS="-ggdb ${CFLAGS}"
+: CFLAGS="-ggdb ${CFLAGS}"
 fi
 
 adl_DD_COPT(CC, pipe)
 if test "$sdcc_cv_CCpipe" = "yes"; then
-  CFLAGS="-pipe $CFLAGS"
+: CFLAGS="-pipe $CFLAGS"
 fi
 
 
diff -urN sdcc.orig/sim/ucsim/configure.in sdcc/sim/ucsim/configure.in
--- sdcc.orig/sim/ucsim/configure.in	2007-06-28 02:06:31.000000000 -0700
+++ sdcc/sim/ucsim/configure.in	2009-05-11 14:57:45.000000000 -0700
@@ -519,21 +519,21 @@
 DD_COPT(CXX, ggdb)
 DD_COPT(CXX, gstabs)
 if test "$ucsim_cv_CXXgstabs" = "yes"; then
-   gopt="-gstabs+ -g3"
+:  gopt="-gstabs+ -g3"
 elif test "$ucsim_cv_CXXggdb" = "yes"; then
-     gopt="-ggdb -g3"
+:    gopt="-ggdb -g3"
 else
-     gopt="-g"
+:    gopt="-g"
 fi
 if test "$CXXFLAGS"x = x ;then
-        CXXFLAGS="$gopt"
+:       CXXFLAGS="$gopt"
 else
-        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $gopt"
+:       CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $gopt"
 fi
 
 DD_COPT(CXX, pipe)
 if test "$ucsim_cv_CXXpipe" = "yes"; then
-  CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -pipe"
+: CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -pipe"
 fi
 
 PICOPT=""