--- gigedit/trunk/Makefile.am	2009/07/31 10:58:38	1962
+++ gigedit/trunk/Makefile.am	2016/04/22 15:55:08	2886
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# let GCC auto detect whether it (sh/c)ould output its messages in color
+export GCC_COLORS=auto
+
 SUBDIRS = src gfx po debian doc win32
 
 DISTCLEANFILES =		\