Original report: https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=244509

The patch is not ideal as lvm/src/configure runs
compiler tests without those flags enabled, but
they are broken anyways.

Added CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, remover STRIP call in C part of lvm.
diff --git a/lvm/src/configure b/lvm/src/configure
index 9aa1a1d..2789828 100755
--- a/helium-1.6/lvm/src/configure
+++ b/helium-1.6/lvm/src/configure
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ fi
 echo "CC=$ccomp" >> makefile
 echo "LINK=$link" >> makefile
 echo "STRIP=$strip" >> makefile
-echo "LINKOPTS=$cclinkopts" >> makefile
+echo "LINKOPTS=$cclinkopts \$(LDFLAGS)" >> makefile
 echo "EXE=$exe" >> makefile
 echo "DLL=$dll" >> makefile
 echo "CP=cp" >> makefile
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ case "$config" in
      echo "CONFIGPATH=../config" >> makefile;;
 esac
 
-echo "CCOPTS=$cccompopts -I\$(CONFIGPATH)" >> makefile
+echo "CCOPTS=$cccompopts -I\$(CONFIGPATH) \$(CFLAGS)" >> makefile
  
 rm -f tst$exe hasgot.c *.obj
 
diff --git a/lvm/src/lib/makefile b/lvm/src/lib/makefile
index d9a0004..78cce0f 100644
--- a/helium-1.6/lvm/src/lib/makefile
+++ b/helium-1.6/lvm/src/lib/makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ OBJS = $(SRCS:.hs=.o)
 # The main target
 $(MAIN)$(EXE): $(OBJS)
 	  $(HC)	-o $@ $(HC_OPTS) $(OBJS)
-	  $(STRIP) $@
 
 common/ghc/Special.hi: common/ghc/Special.hs
 	$(HC) -c $< -cpp -fglasgow-exts $(HC_OPTS) 
diff --git a/lvm/src/runtime/makefile b/lvm/src/runtime/makefile
index 310a7b6..bde3550 100644
--- a/helium-1.6/lvm/src/runtime/makefile
+++ b/helium-1.6/lvm/src/runtime/makefile
@@ -47,11 +47,10 @@ OBJS	= $(SRCS:.c=.o)
 
 
 #lvmrun$(EXE): $(OBJS)
-#	$(LINK) -o $@ $(LINKOPT) $(OBJS) -g
+#	$(LINK) -o $@ $(OBJS) -g  $(LINKOPT)
 
 lvmrun$(EXE): $(OBJS)
-	$(LINK) -o $@ $(LINKOPT) $(OBJS)
-	$(STRIP) $@
+	$(LINK) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LINKOPT)
 
 core/evaluator.o: core/evaluator.c
 	$(CC) -o $@ -c $< $(CCOPT_FAST)