SOLVED: GDB error on OS X
lazarus / 12-Debugger

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tk · 2016-05-25 14:17

Hi,
trying to setup Laz on OS X for the first time to compile a project
for OS X.
Have now OS X Yosemite (Hackintosh version) on VMware player.
Laz setup suceeded, installed gdb via the wiki manual.
But when I run default empty project and close the main form the gdb
reports:
Code: [Select]While executing the command:
"TGDBMIDebuggerInstruction: "-file-exec-and-symbols ", "
gdb reported:
"&"solib-target.c:333: internal-error: void
solib_target_free_so(struct so_list *): Assertion `so->lm_info->name
== NULL' failed.\nA problem internal to GDB has been
detected,\nfurther debugging may prove unreliable.\n""GDB version is
7.11, as project debugging format setting tried automatic and dwarf 2.

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Martin_fr · 2016-05-25 15:06

Maybe this will work...
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/GDB_Debugger_Tips#internal-
error:_clear_dangling_display_expressions

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tk · 2016-05-26 10:55

Setting "DisableLoadSymbolsForLibraries" to "True" helped here, thank
you.
Unfortunately sometimes I have to debug libraries and switch this back
on.

EDIT: Don't have to, debugging in libraries works even with
"DisableLoadSymbolsForLibraries" set to "True"!

EDIT2: Now when I worked with El Capitan and latest GDB 7.12,
DisableLoadSymbolsForLibraries=True did not help.
Had to check Debugger/General/Reset Debugger after each run. This
helped. Have not tried to debug the library but debugging main app
normally worked.

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ArminLinder · 2017-02-06 12:59

Great hint, thanks, had the same problem with Lazarus 1.6.2 on OSX
10.8 (Mountain Lion), checking this option worked.

Armin.