[lug] Automake question: Overriding optimization defaults

[Scott A. Herod]

Hello,

  I'm using the autoconf/automake utilities for generating makefiles
but I can't figure out how to override the default debug and
optimization
flags.  Right now I'm getting "-g -O2".  I'm setting AM_CXXFLAGS but
that doesn't override the default ( which seems to be set in
/usr/share/autoconf/acspecific.mf ).  Is there something else that I
should use?  

  O2 makes for some nice optimization but it makes debugging harder.

Thanks,

Scott