=== modified file 'CMakeLists.txt'
--- CMakeLists.txt	2013-10-17 19:03:36 +0000
+++ CMakeLists.txt	2013-10-18 21:04:24 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-project( kicad )
-
 cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.8.4 FATAL_ERROR )
 # because of http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=10395
 
+project( kicad CXX )
+
 # Path to local CMake modules.
 set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeModules )
 
@@ -79,51 +79,21 @@
 
 if( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX )
 
-    set( KICAD_GCC_RELEASE_BUILD_FLAGS "-O2" )
-    set( KICAD_GCC_RELEASE_DEBUG_FLAGS "" )
-
-    execute_process( COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion
+
+    set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall" )
+
+    set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g3 -ggdb3 -DDEBUG" )
+    set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2 -DNDEBUG" )
+
+    execute_process( COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -dumpversion
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION
         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE )
 
-    # Added -Wno-narrowing on 10/7/12 to prevent a huge number of warnings when
-    # compiling with GCC 4.7.  This appears to be caused by and int to unsigned
-    # conversion in the Boost polygon library.  At some point in the future when
-    # Boost is updated to the next version, -Wno-narrowing should be removed to
-    # see if the problem has been resolved.  Wayne.
-    #
-    # Also note the optimization level is -O1 instead of the usual -O2 level
-    # because boost::polygon has a function ( inflate polygon) broken by
-    # the -O2 level with GCC 4.7 (works fine with  with GCC 4.6).
-    # This lower optimization level does not have a significant change on the speed.
-    #
-    # As newer versions of GCC and/or Boost are released, this code needs reviewed to
-    # determine if the problems above have been fixed either in Boost or GCC.
-    if( GCC_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 4.7 OR GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 4.7 )
-        set( KICAD_GCC_RELEASE_BUILD_FLAGS "-Wno-narrowing -O1" )
-        set( KICAD_GCC_DEBUG_BUILD_FLAGS "-Wno-narrowing" )
-    endif()
-
-    if( CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL Debug )
-        message( STATUS
-            "Setting GCC version ${GCC_VERSION} build flags \"${KICAD_GCC_DEBUG_BUILD_FLAGS}\"" )
-    else()
-        message( STATUS
-            "Setting GCC version ${GCC_VERSION} build flags \"${KICAD_GCC_RELEASE_BUILD_FLAGS}\"" )
-    endif()
-
-    set( CMAKE_C_FLAGS   "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wall" )
-    set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall" )
-
     if( MINGW )
         # Set default flags for Release build.
-        set( CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${KICAD_GCC_RELEASE_BUILD_FLAGS} -DNDEBUG" )
-        set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${KICAD_GCC_RELEASE_BUILD_FLAGS} -DNDEBUG" )
         set( CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "-s -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++" )
 
         # Set default flags for Debug build.
-        set( CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${KICAD_GCC_DEBUG_BUILD_FLAGS} -g3 -ggdb3 -DDEBUG" )
-        set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${KICAD_GCC_DEBUG_BUILD_FLAGS} -g3 -ggdb3 -DDEBUG" )
         set( CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++") # SWIG macros on Windows
 
     else()
@@ -133,7 +103,6 @@
         # empty for Windows.
         set( PIC_FLAG -fPIC )
 
-        set( CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${PIC_FLAG}" )
         set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${PIC_FLAG}" )
 
         # Thou shalt not link vaporware and tell us it's a valid DSO:
@@ -141,13 +110,8 @@
         set( CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--no-undefined" ) # needed by SWIG macros on linux
 
         # Set default flags for Release build.
-        set( CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${KICAD_GCC_RELEASE_BUILD_FLAGS} -DNDEBUG" )
-        set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${KICAD_GCC_RELEASE_BUILD_FLAGS} -DNDEBUG" )
         set( CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "-s" )
 
-        # Set default flags for Debug build.
-        set( CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${KICAD_GCC_DEBUG_BUILD_FLAGS} -g3 -ggdb3 -DDEBUG" )
-        set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${KICAD_GCC_DEBUG_BUILD_FLAGS} -g3 -ggdb3 -DDEBUG" )
     endif()
 
     # quiet GCC 4.8.1 while in boost
@@ -519,3 +483,21 @@
     include( CPack )
 
 endif()
+
+
+# ========================== Status ==========================
+message(STATUS "")
+message(STATUS "========== Build configuration ==========")
+message(STATUS "")
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Xcode|Visual Studio")
+    message(STATUS "  Build type: "  ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
+endif()
+
+message(STATUS "  C++ options:")
+message(STATUS "    Compiler: "  "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1} (version ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION})")
+
+message(STATUS "    flags (Debug):          "  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
+message(STATUS "    flags (Release):        "  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
+message(STATUS "    flags (RelWithDebInfo): "  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
+message(STATUS "")