0d277e73867e128d9fb1d2dbf34aabd04b910633
max
  Tue Oct 7 15:47:19 2025 -0700
removing verbose mode when verbose is 0, refs #36259

diff --git src/lib/verbose.c src/lib/verbose.c
index 5db9b0fcf41..9d55d1832b8 100644
--- src/lib/verbose.c
+++ src/lib/verbose.c
@@ -135,21 +135,23 @@
 
 FILE *verboseLogFile()
 /* Get the verbose log file. */
 {
 if (logFile == NULL)
     logFile = stderr;
 return logFile;
 }
 
 void verboseCgi(char *level) 
 /* Set verbosity level for a CGI: if level is not NULL, set output file to stdout, set verbosity and print a content-type header */
 {
     if (level==NULL)
         return;
     int levelNum = atoi(level);
+    if (levelNum==0)
+        return;
     verboseSetLevel(levelNum);
     verboseSetLogFile("stdout");
     puts("Content-type: text/html\n");
     doHtml = TRUE;
     verbose(0, "Debugging output activated, level %d", levelNum);
 }