--- Makefile.orig	2011-02-19 14:12:38.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile		2011-02-19 14:13:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 # Edited for Debian GNU/Linux.
 DESTDIR =
 
-LDFLAGS = -lncurses
-CFLAGS = -O2 -Wall
+LDFLAGS =
+CFLAGS =
+CC =
 #CFLAGS = -Wall -g
 
 BIN = ethstatus
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
 all : ethstatus
 
 ethstatus : ethstatus.c ethstatus.h
-	gcc $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o ${BIN} ${SRC}
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o ${BIN} ${SRC}
 
 clean:
 	rm -f ${BIN} *.o core *~