diff --git a/BuildGNU.sh b/BuildGNU.sh
index c3b4015..d45935e 100644
--- a/BuildGNU.sh
+++ b/BuildGNU.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# $MirBSD: BuildGNU.sh,v 1.2 2004/03/21 01:51:25 tg Exp $
+# $MirBSD: BuildGNU.sh,v 1.3 2004/03/21 02:47:58 tg Exp $
 #-
 # Copyright (c) 2004
 #	Thorsten "mirabile" Glaser <x86@ePost.de>
@@ -20,14 +20,23 @@
 #-
 # Build the mirbsdksh on GNU operating systems
 
+CC="${CC:-gcc}"
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -DKSH -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I."
+CFLAGS="-O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -static $CFLAGS"
+
 if [ -e strlcpy.c -a -e strlcat.c ]; then
+	echo "Configuring..."
 	/bin/sh ./configure
-	/bin/sh ./siglist.sh "gcc -E -DKSH -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I." \
-	    <siglist.in >siglist.out
+	echo "Generating prerequisites..."
+	/bin/sh ./siglist.sh "gcc -E $CPPFLAGS" <siglist.in >siglist.out
 	/bin/sh ./emacs-gen.sh emacs.c >emacs.out
-	${CC:-gcc} -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -static $CFLAGS -o ksh *.c
+	echo "Building..."
+	$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -o ksh *.c
+	echo "Finalizing..."
 	tbl <ksh.1tbl | nroff -mandoc -Tascii >ksh.cat1
 	strip --strip-unneeded --strip-all -R .note -R .comment ksh
+	size ksh
+	echo "done."
 else
 	echo "Copy strlcpy.c and strlcat.c here first, and"
 	echo "optionally kill Ulrich Drepper & co. for not"