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 - Coq_makefile lets one override or extend the following variables from
   the command line: COQFLAGS, COQCHKFLAGS, COQDOCFLAGS.
+  COQFLAGS is now entirely separate from COQLIBS, so in custom Makefiles
+  $(COQFLAGS) should be replaced by $(COQFLAGS) $(COQLIBS).
 
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