# debugging area where we say what we think we know.
-echo scripts: $BUILD_SCRIPTS_DIR
-echo build tools hier: $BUILDING_HIERARCHY
-echo this tool: $THIS_TOOL_NAME
-echo repository: $FEISTY_MEOW_DIR
-echo clam: $CLAM_DIR
+if [ ! -z "$SHELL_DEBUG" ]; then
+ echo scripts: $BUILD_SCRIPTS_DIR
+ echo build tools hier: $BUILDING_HIERARCHY
+ echo this tool: $THIS_TOOL_NAME
+ echo repository: $FEISTY_MEOW_DIR
+ echo clam: $CLAM_DIR
+fi
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