Re: Templates

> 2) Template settings clobber user settings. I expect to be able to write
> CFLAGS='-g -pipe' ./configure, but configure will ingore my CFLAGS
> setting. The only way to change the CFLAGS is to edit Makefile.global,
> which is not an nice thing to invite users to.

Just a detail here: Makefile.custom can be used to modify makefile
variables, so Makefile.global never needs to be touched. I manipulate
CFLAGS and other makefile variables using Makefile.custom. As we fix up
./configure, I would hope that we retain this, or a similar, capability.
                   - Thomas