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    Allow CFLAGS from configure's environment to override automatic CFLAGS. · 85a2a890
    Tom Lane authored
    Previously, configure would add any switches that it chose of its own
    accord to the end of the user-specified CFLAGS string.  Since most
    compilers process these left-to-right, this meant that configure's choices
    would override the user-specified flags in case of conflicts.  We'd rather
    that worked the other way around, so adjust the logic to put the user's
    string at the end not the beginning.
    
    There does not seem to be a need for a similar behavior change for CPPFLAGS
    or LDFLAGS: in those, the earlier switches tend to win (think -I or -L
    behavior) so putting the user's string at the front is fine.
    
    Backpatch to 9.4 but not earlier.  I'm not planning to run buildfarm member
    guar on older branches, and it seems a bit risky to change this behavior
    in long-stable branches.
    85a2a890
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