[fpc-pascal] How to remove verbose compiler output

[Marco van de Voort]

In our previous episode, Graeme Geldenhuys said:
> > maybe it's loading some config file anyway.
> > Do a strace and see if it opens a config file.
> 
> 'strace' is not available/supported by 64-bit FreeBSD (only 32-bit
> FreeBSD). 

That's because it is a port.  The normal tool to use on BSDs is ktrace. (and
on some other SYSV derived systems, like Solaris, it is called truss IIRC)

But I did remember that FPC has a very verbose output option.
> 
> Could this be a bug in the FreeBSD version of FPC? That some of the -v
> options simply don't work under FreeBSD?

I doubt it, filtering log output isn't really platform dependent.