Index: exim-4.92.2/OS/Makefile-Base
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--- exim-4.92.2.orig/OS/Makefile-Base
+++ exim-4.92.2/OS/Makefile-Base
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ utils: $(EXIM_MONITOR) exicyclog exinext
 
 # Targets for special-purpose configuration header builders
 buildconfig: buildconfig.c
-	@echo "$(CC) buildconfig.c"
-	$(FE)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDE) -o buildconfig buildconfig.c $(LIBS)
+	@echo "$(HOSTCC) buildconfig.c"
+	$(FE)$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(INCLUDE) -o buildconfig buildconfig.c $(HOST_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
 
 
 # Target for the exicyclog utility script