Replace CCFLAGS with description of how to add flags to HOSTCC.

3 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7079f828..b224f3e3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ bloatcheck: toybox_old toybox_unstripped
 	@scripts/bloatcheck toybox_old toybox_unstripped
 
 instlist: toybox
-	$(HOSTCC) $(CCFLAGS) -I . scripts/install.c -o instlist
+	$(HOSTCC) -I . scripts/install.c -o instlist
 
 install_flat: instlist
 	scripts/install.sh --symlink --force
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4e05af7e..bf2561b7 100644
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -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 "$OPTIMIZE" ] && OPTIMIZE="-Os -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -Wl,--gc-sections"
 [ -z "$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
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index b8e03689..d9b56567 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ done
 
 echo "Compile instlist..."
 
-$DEBUG $HOSTCC $CCFLAGS -I . scripts/install.c -o instlist || exit 1
+$DEBUG $HOSTCC -I . scripts/install.c -o instlist || exit 1
 COMMANDS="$(./instlist $LONG_PATH)"
 
 echo "Install commands..."