Memory Managment: new main-section config option "debug_store" to control extra inter...

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@@ -13541,6 +13541,7 @@ listed in more than one group.
 .section "Miscellaneous" "SECID96"
 .table2
 .row &%bi_command%&                  "to run for &%-bi%& command line option"
+.row &%debug_store%&                 "do extra internal checks"
 .row &%disable_ipv6%&                "do no IPv6 processing"
 .row &%keep_malformed%&              "for broken files &-- should not happen"
 .row &%localhost_number%&            "for unique message ids in clusters"
@@ -14429,6 +14430,15 @@ The CHUNKING extension (RFC3030) will be advertised in the EHLO message to
 these hosts.
 Hosts may use the BDAT command as an alternate to DATA.
 
+.new
+.option debug_store main boolean &`false`&
+.cindex debugging "memory corruption"
+.cindex memory debugging
+This option, when true, enables extra checking in Exim's internal memory
+management.  For use when a memory corruption issue is being investigated,
+it should normally be left as default.
+.wen
+
 .option daemon_smtp_ports main string &`smtp`&
 .cindex "port" "for daemon"
 .cindex "TCP/IP" "setting listening ports"