Software :: Compiler Flags Are Not Used When Stored In /etc/profile

Running Vector Linux 6.0 light (icewm). I've always set my compiler flags at the end of my profile file in etc folder (/etc/profile). They always worked whenever it came to compiling any application (./configure && make). Since I installed vector linux they don't. I used mostly slackware in the past then switched to absolute linux. Loved it but then it got old + on reinstall it crashed on bootup with horizontal corruption on bottom half of screen! Don't know why cause everything was the same!

So obviously vector linux works somewhat different as my compiler settings are stored the same way I've always stored them in /etc/profile but they aren't being used-enforced.

Hell I even made a #/bin/bash file with | CFLAGS="blah" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" && export CFLAGS CXXFLAGS | but after making it executable they don't wanna stick. Not sure if it was done before the ./configure part of compiling though... Even if it did work it's still not the set it and forget it that I've always had with past slackware installs

How do I tell vector linux to use my compiler flags without having to make it work but typing in console | CFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -mtune=prescott -pipe -ffast-math -fmerge-all-constants -funswitch-loops -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -fomit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" && export CFLAGS CXXFLAGS ./configure | everytime I wanna compile something?

I can login-stay in real-mode terminal console incase I feel like doing things outside of X. I like vector linux but I wish it was more slackware like. It seems a bit proprietary for being like slackware.