* doc/make.1: [SV 67391] Correct -d and --debug options

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Paul Smith 2025-08-23 08:08:47 -04:00
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@ -114,26 +114,21 @@ This is typically used with recursive invocations of
.TP 0.5i
.B \-d
Print debugging information in addition to normal processing.
The debugging information says which files are being considered for
remaking, which file-times are being compared and with what results,
which files actually need to be remade, which implicit rules are
considered and which are applied---everything interesting about how
.B make
decides what to do.
This is the same as specifying
.BR \-\-debug=all .
.TP 0.5i
.BI \-\-debug "[=FLAGS]"
Print debugging information in addition to normal processing.
If the
.I FLAGS
are omitted, then the behavior is the same as if
.B \-d
.B \-\-debug=basic
was specified.
.I FLAGS
may be any or all of the following names, comma- or space-separated. Only the
first character is significant: the rest may be omitted:
.I all
for all debugging output (same as using
.BR \-d ),
for all debugging output,
.I basic
for basic debugging,
.I verbose