--- libev/configure.ac	2008/11/19 10:33:32	1.19
+++ libev/configure.ac	2010/03/16 17:11:49	1.28
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([ev_epoll.c])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libev,3.49)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libev,4.00) dnl also update ev.h!
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 if test "x$GCC" = xyes ; then
-  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O3"
+  CFLAGS="-O3 $CFLAGS"
 fi
 
 m4_include([libev.m4])