perldelta for #47047 / 1de22db27a

[perl5.git] / pod / perlrun.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod
index 349e91e..12cba35 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlrun.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrun.pod
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Specified line by line via B<-e> or B<-E> switches on the command line.
 
 Contained in the file specified by the first filename on the command line.
 (Note that systems supporting the C<#!> notation invoke interpreters this
-way. See L<Location of Perl>.)
+way. See L</Location of Perl>.)
 
 =item 3.
 
@@ -379,11 +379,14 @@ X<-D> X<DEBUGGING> X<-DDEBUGGING>
 
 =item B<-D>I<number>
 
-sets debugging flags.  To watch how it executes your program, use
-B<-Dtls>.  (This works only if debugging is compiled into your
-Perl.)  Another nice value is B<-Dx>, which lists your compiled
-syntax tree.  And B<-Dr> displays compiled regular expressions;
-the format of the output is explained in L<perldebguts>.
+sets debugging flags. This switch is enabled only if your perl binary has
+been built with debugging enabled: normal production perls won't have
+been.
+
+For example, to watch how perl executes your program, use B<-Dtls>.
+Another nice value is B<-Dx>, which lists your compiled syntax tree, and
+B<-Dr> displays compiled regular expressions; the format of the output is
+explained in L<perldebguts>.
 
 As an alternative, specify a number instead of list of letters (e.g.,
 B<-D14> is equivalent to B<-Dtls>):
@@ -429,8 +432,7 @@ All these flags require B<-DDEBUGGING> when you compile the Perl
 executable (but see C<:opd> in L<Devel::Peek> or L<re/'debug' mode>
 which may change this).
 See the F<INSTALL> file in the Perl source distribution
-for how to do this.  This flag is automatically set if you include B<-g>
-option when C<Configure> asks you about optimizer/debugger flags.
+for how to do this.
 
 If you're just trying to get a print out of each line of Perl code
 as it executes, the way that C<sh -x> provides for shell scripts,