--- a/configure	Mon Jun 18 23:22:08 2012 -0500
+++ b/configure	Mon Jun 18 23:23:24 2012 -0500
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 
 # A synonym.
 [ -z "$CROSS_COMPILE" ] && CROSS_COMPILE="$CROSS"
+[ -z "$CFLAGS" ] && CFLAGS="-Wall -Wundef -Wno-char-subscripts"
+# Required for our expected ABI. we're 8-bit clean thus "char" must be unsigned.
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -funsigned-char"
 
-[ -z "$CFLAGS" ] && CFLAGS="-Wall -Wundef -Wno-char-subscripts"
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -funsigned-char"
 [ -z "$OPTIMIZE" ] && OPTIMIZE="-Os -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -Wl,--gc-sections"
 [ -z "$CC" ] && CC=cc
 [ -z "$STRIP" ] && STRIP=strip
+
+# If HOSTCC needs CFLAGS, add them to the variable ala HOSTCC="blah-cc --static"
 [ -z "$HOSTCC" ] && HOSTCC=gcc