Index: ase-0.8.2/makefile.gcc
===================================================================
--- ase-0.8.2.orig/makefile.gcc	2011-06-13 13:08:22.000000000 +0200
+++ ase-0.8.2/makefile.gcc	2011-06-21 16:27:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -21,15 +21,16 @@
 LFLAGS += $(THIRD_PARTY_LIBS)
 
 ifdef PROFILE
-  CFLAGS += -pg -O3 -DNDEBUG
-  LFLAGS += -pg -O3 -DNDEBUG
+  CFLAGS += -pg -DNDEBUG
+  LFLAGS += -pg -DNDEBUG
 else
 ifdef DEBUGMODE
   CFLAGS += -g3 -DDEBUGMODE
   LFLAGS += -g3
 else
-  CFLAGS += -s -O3 -DNDEBUG
-  LFLAGS += -s -O3 -DNDEBUG
+  # order of include dirs important, need to add BUILD_CFLAGS after -I above
+  CFLAGS += $(BUILD_CFLAGS)
+  LFLAGS +=
 endif
 endif
 
Index: ase-0.8.2/makefile.linux
===================================================================
--- ase-0.8.2.orig/makefile.linux	2011-06-13 13:08:22.000000000 +0200
+++ ase-0.8.2/makefile.linux	2011-06-13 13:08:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 CFLAGS = `allegro-config --cflags debug`
 LFLAGS = `allegro-config --libs debug`
 else
-CFLAGS = `allegro-config --cflags`
-LFLAGS = `allegro-config --libs`
+CFLAGS = 
+LFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS)
 endif
 
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