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[master] Explain --enable-debug in the contributor guide

Mukund Sivaraman 11 years ago
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 There are other useful switches which can be passed to configure. It is
 There are other useful switches which can be passed to configure. It is
 always a good idea to use \c --enable-logger-checks, which does sanity
 always a good idea to use \c --enable-logger-checks, which does sanity
-checks on logger parameters. If you happen to modify anything in the
+checks on logger parameters. Use \c --enable-debug to enable various
+additional consistency checks that reduce performance but help during
+development. If you happen to modify anything in the
 documentation, use \c --enable-generate-docs. If you are modifying DHCP
 documentation, use \c --enable-generate-docs. If you are modifying DHCP
 code, you are likely to be interested in enabling the MySQL backend for
 code, you are likely to be interested in enabling the MySQL backend for
 DHCP. Note that if the backend is not enabled, MySQL specific unit-tests
 DHCP. Note that if the backend is not enabled, MySQL specific unit-tests