* Björn Persson:
It would still be better to use parameters only where they are meaningful. Longer command lines make troubleshooting more difficult.
We used to have %{optflags} only, set via the rpmrc dispatch in redhat-rpm-config, and migrating off that to a more flexible solution is under the way. %{optflags} will likely continue including C/C++ specifics, but we'll remove those flags from the flags for the other front ends eventually.
Thanks, Florian