--- old/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make	2012-02-06 09:05:53.160096567 +0100
+++ new/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make	2012-02-06 09:05:53.040112722 +0100
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 BUILD_USER    = -DHOTSPOT_BUILD_USER="\"$(HOTSPOT_BUILD_USER)\""
 VM_DISTRO     = -DHOTSPOT_VM_DISTRO="\"$(HOTSPOT_VM_DISTRO)\""
 
-CPPFLAGS =           \
+CXXFLAGS =           \
   ${SYSDEFS}         \
   ${INCLUDES}        \
   ${BUILD_VERSION}   \
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 # This is VERY important! The version define must only be supplied to vm_version.o
 # If not, ccache will not re-use the cache at all, since the version string might contain
 # a time and date. 
-vm_version.o: CPPFLAGS += ${JRE_VERSION}
+vm_version.o: CXXFLAGS += ${JRE_VERSION}
 
 ifndef JAVASE_EMBEDDED
 CFLAGS += -DINCLUDE_TRACE
@@ -276,13 +276,13 @@
   LIBS_VM   += $(LLVM_LIBS)
 endif
 
-LINK_VM = $(LINK_LIB.c)
+LINK_VM = $(LINK_LIB.CC)
 
 # rule for building precompiled header
 $(PRECOMPILED_HEADER):
 	$(QUIETLY) echo Generating precompiled header $@
 	$(QUIETLY) mkdir -p $(PRECOMPILED_HEADER_DIR)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CC) $(DEPFLAGS) -x c++-header $(PRECOMPILED_HEADER_SRC) -o $@ $(COMPILE_DONE)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(COMPILE.CXX) $(DEPFLAGS) -x c++-header $(PRECOMPILED_HEADER_SRC) -o $@ $(COMPILE_DONE)
 
 # making the library:
 
@@ -312,10 +312,10 @@
 $(LIBJVM): $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBJVM_MAPFILE) $(LD_SCRIPT)
 	$(QUIETLY) {                                                    \
 	    echo Linking vm...;                                         \
-	    $(LINK_LIB.CC/PRE_HOOK)                                     \
+	    $(LINK_LIB.CXX/PRE_HOOK)                                     \
 	    $(LINK_VM) $(LD_SCRIPT_FLAG)                                \
 		       $(LFLAGS_VM) -o $@ $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBS_VM);       \
-	    $(LINK_LIB.CC/POST_HOOK)                                    \
+	    $(LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)                                    \
 	    rm -f $@.1; ln -s $@ $@.1;                                  \
 	    [ -f $(LIBJVM_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_G); ln -s $@.1 $(LIBJVM_G).1; }; \
             if [ \"$(CROSS_COMPILE_ARCH)\" = \"\" ] ; then                    \