--- a/test/make/configure.vm	Sun Dec 15 14:56:05 2024 +0100
+++ b/test/make/configure.vm	Sun Dec 15 15:00:13 2024 +0100
@@ -411,9 +411,9 @@
 ERROR=0
 #if( $dependencies.size() > 0 )
 # unnamed dependencies
-TEMP_CFLAGS=
-TEMP_CXXFLAGS=
-TEMP_LDFLAGS=
+TEMP_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+TEMP_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
+TEMP_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
 #foreach( $dependency in $dependencies )
 while true
 do