--- Makefile.orig	Wed Apr 28 08:51:42 2004
+++ Makefile	Wed Apr 28 09:15:38 2004
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
 USER_INSTALL_PATH ?= $(HOME)/.gkrellm2/plugins
 
 ## executables
-CC = gcc
+CC ?= gcc
 RM = rm -f
 INSTALL ?= install -m 755
 
 ## Compiler and Linker flags
 ## Theoretically, you should not need to change these
 ## but if the make does not work look into it
-CFLAGS = -fPIC -Wall -I. $(shell pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --cflags)
-LIBFLAGS = -shared $(shell pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --libs)
+CFLAGS += -fPIC -Wall -I. `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --cflags`
+LIBFLAGS = -shared `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --libs`
 
 ## Set all the locale converstion stuff
 ## if necessary
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     CFLAGS += -DENABLE_NLS -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(LOCALEDIR)\"
     export enable_nls
 endif
-CFLAGS += -DPACKAGE="\"$(PACKAGE)\""
+#CFLAGS += -DPACKAGE="\"$(PACKAGE)\""
 export PACKAGE LOCALEDIR
 
 ## File name and target definitions