+if test -d /usr/local/include; then
+# Leave that alone. It's causing trouble e.g. with gcc 3.2 on gentoo.
+# CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/local/include"
+ echo > /dev/null
+fi
+if test "$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