Problem with missing gdb on FreeBSD 12
lazarus / 12-Debugger

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AlexTP · 2020-10-19 20:24

Distro: GhostBSD
Lazarus r64000.
"which gdb" gives none. "gdb" cannot be run.
Lazarus default path for gdb in dialog: /usr/libexec/gdb.
On debug attempt - IDE error "oops, debugger entered the error state".
Why not to detect missing gdb??

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AlexTP · 2020-10-19 20:33

After I installed gdb, set its path in IDE (its different path), all
works.

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trev · 2020-10-19 23:29

gdb is included in FreeBSD 12 base - I guess the GhostBSD maintainers
omitted it for some reason (possibly because it is a rather old gdb
version).

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AlexTP · 2020-10-20 09:33

Yes, and we must DETECT it, not use some bad fixed path.
It was installed to /usr/local.... (don't remember)

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trev · 2020-10-20 10:26

Quote from: Alextp on October 20, 2020, 11:33:29 amYes, and we must
DETECT it, not use some bad fixed path.
It was installed to /usr/local.... (don't remember)

If it was installed to /usr/local then it is not the gdb which is
distributed with the base system but a third party installation of
gdb. The base system gdb is installed is /usr/libexec.

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AlexTP · 2020-10-20 11:03

Yes, and Laz must use this 3rd party installation. After DETECT. I set
its path in the IDE options and debugging begins to work

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trev · 2020-10-20 11:20

FreeBSD is supported, GhostBSD is not.

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AlexTP · 2020-10-20 12:24

We must fix this. Its a bug.

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Zvoni · 2020-10-20 12:28

Quote from: Alextp on October 20, 2020, 02:24:12 pmWe must fix this.
Its a bug.
No, it's not.
As trev said: FreeBSD<>GhostBSD

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AlexTP · 2020-10-20 12:55

At least if the full path is incorrect, we need some simpler error
msg. Not "oops, debugger entered the error state".

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marcov · 2020-10-20 13:52

Note that the system level GDB (version)is conservatively chosen to
debug the kernel. It is not necessarily the best GDB( version) for
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