diff -U 3 -dHrN Normaliz2.12/source/Makefile Normaliz2.12.patched/source/Makefile
--- Normaliz2.12/source/Makefile	2014-10-23 15:01:56.000000000 +0200
+++ Normaliz2.12.patched/source/Makefile	2014-10-25 14:56:39.426295174 +0200
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@
 	@$(MAKE) normaliz
 
 normaliz.o: $(SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(LIBHEADERS)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(NORMFLAGS) -c Normaliz.cpp -o normaliz.o
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -c Normaliz.cpp -o normaliz.o
 
 normaliz: $(SOURCES) $(HEADERS) normaliz.o libnormaliz/libnormaliz.a
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(NORMFLAGS) normaliz.o libnormaliz/libnormaliz.a $(GMPFLAGS) -o normaliz
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) normaliz.o libnormaliz/libnormaliz.a $(GMPFLAGS) -o normaliz
 
 normaliz1: $(SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(LIBHEADERS) $(LIBSOURCES)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(NORMFLAGS) Normaliz-impl.cpp $(GMPFLAGS) -o normaliz1
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) Normaliz-impl.cpp $(GMPFLAGS) -o normaliz1
 
 normaliz-pg: $(SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(LIBHEADERS) $(LIBSOURCES)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(NORMFLAGS) -pg Normaliz-impl.cpp $(GMPFLAGS) -o normaliz-pg
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -pg Normaliz-impl.cpp $(GMPFLAGS) -o normaliz-pg
 
 
 #always go down the directory and let the make there check what has to be done
diff -U 3 -dHrN Normaliz2.12/source/Makefile.configuration Normaliz2.12.patched/source/Makefile.configuration
--- Normaliz2.12/source/Makefile.configuration	2014-10-23 15:01:56.000000000 +0200
+++ Normaliz2.12.patched/source/Makefile.configuration	2014-10-25 15:18:39.876313342 +0200
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 ##
 ## Makefile configuration for normaliz
 ##
-CXX = g++ 
 #CXX = linux32 g++ -m32 -march=i686  #compile it for linux32
 CXXFLAGS += -std=c++0x
 CXXFLAGS += -Wall -pedantic
-CXXFLAGS += -O3 -funroll-loops
 #CXXFLAGS += -I /usr/local/boost_1_45_0
 CXXFLAGS += -g       ## debugging
 #CXXFLAGS += -pg      ## profiling
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@
 endif
 
 ## for distributing the executables link static (does not work for mac)
-CXXFLAGS += -static
 ## for almost static compilation on Mac use
 #CXXFLAGS += -static-libgcc
 ## make it compatible with older Mac versions