diff -up htmldoc-1.9.1/Makedefs.in.VERBOSE htmldoc-1.9.1/Makedefs.in
--- htmldoc-1.9.1/Makedefs.in.VERBOSE	2017-10-29 17:09:50.000000000 -0500
+++ htmldoc-1.9.1/Makedefs.in	2018-02-01 09:53:53.725575739 -0600
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ EXEEXT		=	@EXEEXT@
 # Installation programs...
 #
 
-INSTALL_BIN	=	$(INSTALL) -c -m 555 @INSTALL_STRIP@
-INSTALL_DATA	=	$(INSTALL) -c -m 444
+INSTALL_BIN	=	$(INSTALL) -c -m 755
+INSTALL_DATA	=	$(INSTALL) -c -m 644
 INSTALL_DIR	=	$(INSTALL) -d
-INSTALL_MAN	=	$(INSTALL) -c -m 444
+INSTALL_MAN	=	$(INSTALL) -c -m 644
 
 #
 # Directories...
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ OPTIM		=	@OPTIM@ @SSLFLAGS@
 # Rules...
 #
 
+ifndef VERBOSE
 .SILENT:
+endif
 .SUFFIXES:	.a .c .cxx .h .o
 .c.o:
 	echo Compiling $<...