--- balance-3.57/Makefile
+++ balance-3.57/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # $Id: Makefile,v 1.14 2015/04/28 07:49:37 t Exp t $
 
 #CFLAGS=-g -I.
-CFLAGS=-O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wuninitialized
+CFLAGS+=-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wuninitialized
 
 # uncomment for any OS other than Cygwin
 BALANCE=balance
 ROOT=root
 INSTALL=install
 BINDIR=/usr/sbin
-MANDIR=${BINDIR}/../man/man1
+MANDIR=/usr/share/man/man1
 
 # uncomment for Solaris:
 # LIBRARIES=-lsocket -lnsl
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
 # BALANCE=balance.exe
 # ROOT=Administrators
 
-CC=gcc
+CC?=gcc
 RELEASE=3.57
 
 all: balance 
 
 balance: balance.o butils.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -I. -o balance balance.o butils.o $(LIBRARIES)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -I. -o balance balance.o butils.o $(LIBRARIES)
 
 balance.o: balance.c balance.h
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -I. -c balance.c
@@ -48,12 +48,15 @@
 	rm -f $(BALANCE) *.o balance.ps balance.pdf
 
 install:
+	$(INSTALL) -o $(ROOT) -g $(ROOT) -m 755 -d \
+		$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR) \
+		$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)
 	$(INSTALL) -o $(ROOT) -g $(ROOT) -m 755  $(BALANCE) \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/$(BALANCE) 
 	$(INSTALL) -o $(ROOT) -g $(ROOT) -m 755  balance.1 \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR) 
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/var/run/balance
-	chmod 1777 $(DESTDIR)/var/run/balance
+	chmod 1755 $(DESTDIR)/var/run/balance
 
 release: balance.pdf
 	rm -rf ./releases/balance-$(RELEASE)