[fpc-devel] FPC 3.0.4 lacks debugging support

[Tomas Hajny]

On Sat, March 3, 2018 11:33, Enrico Ceppi wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.

You're welcome.


> In FPC 3.0.4 (linux_64, downloaded from the site):
> - [options]> [debugger]> [generate_debug_symbol_information]
> - [compile]> [compile]
> - [debug]> [add_watch]> "no_debugger_support_available"
> At this time I did not have the DOS and Windows versions available, but I
> had the same problem.

I can confirm that your statement is correct for the x86_64-linux version,
probably something to be commented by the person who prepared that build
(@Michael? - make sure to include Enrico in Cc:). However, I cannot
confirm that behaviour for the Win32 version, it works without problems
for me there.

Tomas



>
> Il giorno sab 3 mar 2018 alle ore 02:39 Tomas Hajny <XHajT03 at hajny.biz> ha
> scritto:
>
>> On Fri, March 2, 2018 16:56, Enrico Ceppi wrote:
>>
>>
>> >    FPC 3.0.4 (DOS, Windows32, Linuz_64) lacks debug support and I am
>> > forced to use FPC 3.0.2.
>>
>> Why do you say so? I just tried compiling and debugging a simple test
>> program with the IDE under Win32 (added a breakpoint, started the
>> program,
>> stepped over the current line, continued) and it worked as it should.
>> Obviously, I checked that the debug symbol generation is enabled before
>> compiling. What happened in your case?
>>
>>
>> >    Doc-chm.zip is also corrupt (the CRT UNIT is missing and perhaps
>> > others).
>>
>> True - it doesn't seem to be just some missing units, but a more general
>> issue. :-( Could you please create a bug report at
>> https://bugs.freepascal.org?
>>
>>
>> >    I'm sorry for my english.
>>
>> No problem, don't worry.
>>
>>
>> >    I am not subscribed to the mailing list.
>>
>> Alright.
>>
>> Tomas
>>
>>
>>
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