Can't get into debugger in vscode on macOS
ryuukk_
ryuukk.dev at gmail.com
Thu Oct 19 15:25:36 UTC 2023
On Thursday, 19 October 2023 at 06:03:06 UTC, Daniel Zuncke wrote:
> Hello, I need some help getting into the debugger in vscode on
> macOS. It did work some months ago but that was finicky to set
> up. Maybe I am forgetting something now?
>
> I am compiling the project with `dub build --build debug
> --compiler ldc2 --force` (the `-ld_classic` flag to fix the new
> Xcode linker is set in dub.json).
>
> Debugging in the terminal with lldb works as expected `lldb
> bin/dfmt -- --help`.
>
> In vscode I the debug process immediately exits with error (as
> far as I can tell, don't know how to get more output).
> All required extensions should be installed since it worked
> some time ago (mainly CodeLLDB, code-d and C++ from what I
> remember).
>
> I have tried 2 launch configs (launch.json):
> ```json
> {
> "version": "0.2.0",
> "configurations": [
> {
> "type": "lldb",
> "request": "launch",
> "name": "debug lldb",
> "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
> "program": "./bin/dfmt",
> "args": ["--help"],
> },
> {
> "type": "code-d",
> "request": "launch",
> "name": "debug code-d",
> "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
> "program": "./bin/dfmt",
> "args": ["--help"],
> },
> ]
> }
> ```
> And both fail the same way (vscode Debug Console output):
> ```
> Launching: /Users/dz/dev/dfmt/issue578/bin/dfmt --help
> Launched process 24999
> Process exited with code -1.
> ```
> Any ideas what the problem could be? Can I get more verbose
> output what the problem is after launching the process?
I looked at the doc, and looks like you can put a breakpoint on
reaching entry point, maybe that'll help diagnose better the
issue by stepping in
```
"stopOnEntry": true,
```
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