So that I don't forget, you can configure asterisk for developer mode by:
./configure --enable-dev-mode
menuselect/menuselect --enable DONT_OPTIMIZE --enable BETTER_BACKTRACES --enable COMPILE_DOUBLE --enable DO_CRASH menuselect.makeopts
menuselect/menuselect --enable DEBUG_THREADS --enable MALLOC_DEBUG --enable DEBUG_FD_LEAKS menuselect.makeopts
