--- src/Makefile.orig	Mon Jan  1 20:02:21 2001
+++ src/Makefile	Tue Jan 30 09:14:35 2001
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 # OPTIONS = $(DEBUG) -O3 -Wall			# only for debugging purposes
 # OPTIONS = $(DEBUG) -Wall -ansi -pedantic	# only for debugging purposes
 # OPTIONS = -O3 -Wall -ansi -pedantic
-OPTIONS = -O3 -Wall
+OPTIONS ?= -O3 -Wall
 # OPTIONS = -O3
 # OPTIONS = -DSYSV -Ae				# may be needed for HP-UX
 
