How to debug plugin getting into UNKNOWN state

[Markus Baertschi]

Paul L. Allen wrote:

> It's almost certainly a problem with your plugin if only your plugin
> exhibits this behaviour.  Possibly a timeout connecing to the database,
> but could be almost anything.
> Note that restarting Nagios using the restart option often leaves stray
> Nagios processes hanging around.  This can cause stale statuses to
> occasionally be displayed and lead to confusion.

I usually stop / start nagios completely (to be sure nothing sticks around).
Is is very porbable that my plugin has a problem, but I don't know what
it is and need more (debugging-) information. The line found in nagios.log
is not sufficient.
The plugin works very well when used from the commandline (as nagios user).

Can I put nagios in a debugging mode to get more information ?

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