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+# Define CC and OLDCC as the same, so that the tests:
+#	if [ x"$(OLDCC)" = x"$(CC)" ] ...
+#
+# will succeed (if OLDCC != CC, it is assumed that GCC is
+# being used in secondary stage builds).  We need to pass
+# the -Wf,-XNg1500 option so the compiler can compile the
+# G++ file cp-parse.c.  Otherwise it complains about
+# too many case statements.  Down with fixed size tables!
+
+CC		= $(OLDCC)
+OLDCC		= cc -Wf,-XNg1500
+
+X_CFLAGS	= -O1
+
+# The bison output files are machine-indep,
+# so different flags for a particular machine are not useful.
+#BISONFLAGS	= -l