Under the bash-arg "--debugger" it says: Arrange for the debugger profile to be executed before the shell starts. Turns on extended debugging mode (see the description of the extdebug option to the shopt builtin below).
---- When I think of a "profile" in bash, I think of things like /etc/profile or ~/.{bash_,}profile. Is there something like that for debugging (ex: /etc/bash_debugging or ~/.bash_debugging)? If not, what does it all mean, er, that is if the only thing it does is turn on the extdebug option, then what is the 1st sentence talking about in addition the the extdebug option mentioned in the 2nd sentence?