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diff --git a/build2/b.cli b/build2/b.cli index bf3bf4d..dff707f 100644 --- a/build2/b.cli +++ b/build2/b.cli @@ -391,27 +391,35 @@ namespace build2 bool -v { - "Print actual commands being executed. This is equivalent to + "Print actual commands being executed. This options is equivalent to \cb{--verbose 2}." } bool -V { - "Print all underlying commands being executed. This is equivalent to - \cb{--verbose 3}." + "Print all underlying commands being executed. This options is + equivalent to \cb{--verbose 3}." } bool --quiet|-q { - "Run quietly, only printing error messages. This is equivalent to - \cb{--verbose 0}." + "Run quietly, only printing error messages in most contexts. In certain + contexts (for example, while updating build system modules) this + verbosity level may be ignored. Use \c{--silent} to run quietly in all + contexts. This option is equivalent to \cb{--verbose 0}." + } + + bool --silent + { + "Run quietly, only printing error messages in all contexts." } uint16_t --verbose = 1 { "<level>", "Set the diagnostics verbosity to <level> between 0 and 6. Level 0 - disables any non-error messages while level 6 produces lots of + disables any non-error messages (but see the difference between + \c{--quiet} and \c{--silent}) while level 6 produces lots of information, with level 1 being the default. The following additional types of diagnostics are produced at each level: |