diff -NarU5 a/configure b/configure
--- a/configure	2021-12-04 01:51:03.000000000 -0500
+++ b/configure	2021-12-05 14:13:48.691371986 -0500
@@ -4899,11 +4899,11 @@
   am__fastdepCXX_TRUE='#'
   am__fastdepCXX_FALSE=
 fi
 
 
-CXXFLAGS=`echo " $CXXFLAGS " | sed -e "s/ -g / /"` # do not want it implicitly
+#CXXFLAGS=`echo " $CXXFLAGS " | sed -e "s/ -g / /"` # do not want it implicitly
 ac_ext=c
 ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
 ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
 ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
 ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
@@ -5626,11 +5626,11 @@
   am__fastdepCC_TRUE='#'
   am__fastdepCC_FALSE=
 fi
 
 
-CFLAGS=`echo " $CFLAGS " | sed -e "s/ -g / /"` # do not want it implicitly
+#CFLAGS=`echo " $CFLAGS " | sed -e "s/ -g / /"` # do not want it implicitly
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for library containing strerror" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for library containing strerror... " >&6; }
 if ${ac_cv_search_strerror+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
diff -NarU5 a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	2021-12-04 01:51:03.000000000 -0500
+++ b/configure.ac	2021-12-05 14:13:48.691371986 -0500
@@ -129,13 +129,11 @@
 dnl ===================================================================
 dnl Checks for programs
 dnl ===================================================================
 
 AC_PROG_CXX
-CXXFLAGS=`echo " $CXXFLAGS " | sed -e "s/ -g / /"` # do not want it implicitly
 AC_PROG_CC
-CFLAGS=`echo " $CFLAGS " | sed -e "s/ -g / /"` # do not want it implicitly
 AC_ISC_POSIX
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_LANG(C)