Index: iptraf-3.0.0/src/Makefile
===================================================================
--- iptraf-3.0.0.orig/src/Makefile
+++ iptraf-3.0.0/src/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 # Architecture determination string borrowed from the kernel makefile.
 #
-ARCH 		:= $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
+ARCH 		?= $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
 			-e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/)
 PLATFORM 	= -DPLATFORM=\"$(shell uname -s)/$(ARCH)\"
 VERNUMBER	:= $(shell cat version)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ VERSION 	= -DVERSION=\"$(VERNUMBER)\"
 #
 BINDIR		= ../../iptraf-$(VERNUMBER).bin.$(ARCH)
 
-CC		= gcc
+CC		= $(CC)
 LIBS		= -L../support -ltextbox -lpanel -lncurses   # in this order!
 
 # comment this one out to omit debug code when done.
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ PROF		= #-pg
 # options to be passed to the compiler.  I don't believe they need to be
 # modified (except for -m486 on non-Intel x86 platforms).
 
-CFLAGS		= -Wall #-O2 #-m486
+CFLAGS		?= -Wall #-O2 #-m486
 DIRS		= -DWORKDIR=\"$(WORKDIR)\" \
 		  -DLOGDIR=\"$(LOGDIR)\" -DEXECDIR=\"$(TARGET)\"
-LDOPTS		= #-static
+LDOPTS		?= #-static
 
 # you may want to change this to point to your ncurses include directory
 # if the ncurses include files are not in the default location.