Description
Environment
- OS and version: Alma Linux 8
- VS Code: 1.99.3
- C/C++ extension: 1.25.3
- C/C++ extension pack: 1.3.1
- GDB version: 14.2
Bug Summary and Steps to Reproduce
Bug Summary:
I'm using VS Code for C++ for around 6 months. But so far, I have not tried gdb from vs code. Ealier in emacs, I used to debug using gud-gdb interface. So, I tried defining a launch.json for my application. However, I have not been able to successfully setup gdb with vs code.
We have a large C++ code base. I just want gdb to get launched and load the binary (not start the run). This is because, I have a gdb python script that I use to setup PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH depending upon MYPROG_HOME env variables and I want to use that. Also I need to set args (differently with different switches depending upon my test case) before running the program.
I have tried following launch.json -
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "GDB Debug Manual Mode",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
// "program": "${BUILD_PATH}/bin-linux64/myprog-G",
"program": <full-path to myprog-G>,
"cwd": "<test dir where I want to debug>",
"MIMode": "gdb",
"miDebuggerPath": "<path to gdb>",
"stopAtEntry": true,
"stopAtConnect": true,
"launchCompleteCommand": "None",
"setupCommands": [
{
"description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
"text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
"ignoreFailures": true
},
]
}
]
}
But when I invoke gdb from the Run and Debug option, gdb prompt comes up. But when I try any gdb commands (like show env MYPROG_HOME), it gives me below error message: -
Unable to perform this action because the process is running.
Please let me know what I may be missing because of which it is not working. Let me know if I can any additional diagnostics to understand why it is stuck.
Debugger Configurations
Please refer the bug summary section above.Debugger Logs
I tried enabling logging and when the gdb prompt comes, if I type "show env PATH", I get following o/p -
show env PATH
<-- C (evaluate-25): {"command":"evaluate","arguments":{"expression":"show env PATH","context":"repl"},"type":"request","seq":25}
--> R (evaluate-25): {"type":"response","request_seq":25,"success":false,"command":"evaluate","message":"Failed to handle EvaluateRequest","body":{"error":{"id":1105,"format":"Unable to perform this action because the process is running."}},"seq":215}
Unable to perform this action because the process is running.Other Extensions
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Additional Information
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