maintains internally, so you'll be desperately disappointed if
you try to glob etc. inside <literal>OPTIONS_GHC</literal>.</para>
- <para>NOTE: the contents of OPTIONS_GHC are prepended to the
- command-line options, so you <emphasis>do</emphasis> have the
- ability to override OPTIONS_GHC settings via the command
- line.</para>
+ <para>NOTE: the contents of OPTIONS_GHC are appended to the
+ command-line options, so options given in the source file
+ override those given on the command-line.</para>
<para>It is not recommended to move all the contents of your
Makefiles into your source files, but in some circumstances, the