\S{opt-F} The \i\c{-F} Option: Selecting a \i{Debug Information Format}
-This option is used to select the format of the debug information emitted
-into the output file, to be used by a debugger (or \e{will} be). Use
-of this switch does \e{not} enable output of the selected debug info format.
-Use \c{-g}, see \k{opt-g}, to enable output.
+This option is used to select the format of the debug information
+emitted into the output file, to be used by a debugger (or \e{will}
+be). Prior to version 2.03.01, the use of this switch did \e{not} enable
+output of the selected debug info format. Use \c{-g}, see \k{opt-g},
+to enable output. Versions 2.03.01 and later automatically enable \c{-g}
+if \c{-F} is specified.
A complete list of the available debug file formats for an output
-format can be seen by issuing the command \i\c{nasm -f <format>
--y}. Not all output formats currently support debugging output.
-See \k{opt-y}.
+format can be seen by issuing the command \c{nasm -f <format> -y}. Not
+all output formats currently support debugging output. See \k{opt-y}.
This should not be confused with the \c{-f dbg} output format option which
is not built into NASM by default. For information on how