Append instead of Prepend user-CFLAGS to default CFLAGS allowing the …

…user to override default variables

configure.ac

@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ case $host_os in
    ;;
 esac
 
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -W"
+CFLAGS="-W $CFLAGS"
 
 warn_CFLAGS="-std=c89 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wcast-align -Wnested-externs -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-unused-function -Wno-long-long -Wno-overlength-strings"
 saved_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $warn_CFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="$warn_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if ${CC} supports ${warn_CFLAGS}])
 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[char foo;]])],
     [ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]) ],
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[char foo;]])],
     ])
 
 saved_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fvisibility=hidden"
+CFLAGS="-fvisibility=hidden $CFLAGS"
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if ${CC} supports -fvisibility=hidden])
 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[char foo;]])],
     [ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]) ],
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ AC_CHECK_TYPES([__int128])
 
 if test x"$enable_coverage" = x"yes"; then
     AC_DEFINE(COVERAGE, 1, [Define this symbol to compile out all VERIFY code])
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O0 --coverage"
-    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS --coverage"
+    CFLAGS="-O0 --coverage $CFLAGS"
+    LDFLAGS="--coverage $LDFLAGS"
 else
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O3"
+    CFLAGS="-O3 $CFLAGS"
 fi
 
 if test x"$use_ecmult_static_precomputation" != x"no"; then
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ if test x"$use_ecmult_static_precomputation" != x"no"; then
 
   warn_CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD="-Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-function"
   saved_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $warn_CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD"
+  CFLAGS="$warn_CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD $CFLAGS"
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([if native ${CC_FOR_BUILD} supports ${warn_CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD}])
   AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[char foo;]])],
       [ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]) ],