--- a/Makefile	Mon Nov 08 20:44:10 2004 +0000
+++ b/Makefile	Mon Nov 08 21:11:52 2004 +0000
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
 # Makefile version tag
 # it checks if the version tag in makefile.config is the same and force update outdated config files
-MAKEFILE_VERSION:=1
+MAKEFILE_VERSION:=2
 
 # CONFIG_WRITER have to be found even for manual configuration
 CONFIG_WRITER=makefiledir/Makefile.config_writer
@@ -404,6 +404,10 @@
 endif
 endif
 
+# enables/disables assert()
+ifndef ENABLE_ASSERTS
+CFLAGS += -DNDEBUG
+endif
 
 ifdef TRANSLATOR
 STRGEN_FLAGS=-t

--- a/makefiledir/Makefile.config_writer	Mon Nov 08 20:44:10 2004 +0000
+++ b/makefiledir/Makefile.config_writer	Mon Nov 08 21:11:52 2004 +0000
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 	$(call CONFIG_LINE,SUPRESS_LANG_ERRORS:=$(SUPRESS_LANG_ERRORS))
 	$(call CONFIG_LINE,)
 	
+	$(call CONFIG_LINE,\# Enable asserts)
+	$(call CONFIG_LINE,ENABLE_ASSERTS:=$(ENABLE_ASSERTS))
+	$(call CONFIG_LINE,)
+	
 	$(call CONFIG_LINE,\# See Makefile for details on these paths)
 	$(call CONFIG_LINE,\# Folders should not end with /)
 	$(call CONFIG_LINE,INSTALL:=$(INSTALL))