usr.bin/make Bug?

[Max Okumoto]

Hi, would like people's opinion if this is a bug or feature.
When using /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.ports.mk, it is not possible to
use -d options to output debugging info.  This is because, make
outputs the debugging output to stdout, and bsd.ports.mk sometimes
pipes the output of a submake into a variable.  Thus, the scripts
get really confused.
I was thinking of moving debugging output to stderr.  But I don't
know if that would break other things.  Any opinions?
				Max