--- MITgcm/tools/xmakedepend	2003/09/26 15:31:49	1.2
+++ MITgcm/tools/xmakedepend	2003/11/11 21:11:06	1.3
@@ -26,7 +26,15 @@
 #
 
 CPPARGS="-traditional -Dlinux -D__i386__ -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE  -D_GNU_SOURCE  "
-CC="/lib/cpp $CPPARGS"
+
+if test -r ./genmake_optfile ; then
+    . ./genmake_optfile
+fi
+if test "x$CPP" != x0 ; then
+    CC="$CPP $CPPARGS"
+else
+    CC="cpp $CPPARGS"
+fi
 
 silent='-'