--- Makefile.orig	Thu Nov 14 20:21:55 2002
+++ Makefile	Thu Nov 14 20:22:04 2002
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 
-CC = gcc
-CFLAGS = -O2
+CC ?= gcc
+CFLAGS ?= -O2
 
 rtfreader: rtfactn.o rtfreadr.o
 	$(CC) -o rtfreader rtfreadr.o rtfactn.o