+if test "$prefix" != "NONE" -a "$prefix" != "/usr/local" -a "$prefix" != "/usr/local/"; then
+ # if the user has a special prefix (like /opt), there might also be $prefix/lib
+ # and $prefix/include, which should be included in our search paths for libraries
+ # and includes.
+ LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L${libdir}"
+ CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I${includedir}"
+ # TODO- test whether gcc still works after this
+fi
+
+# this must be done after (I believe) AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+if test "x$DEBUG" '!=' "x";then
+ STRIP="@echo debug enabled, not stripping "
+ export STRIP
+ AC_SUBST(STRIP)
+fi