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Re: Lazarus 1.8.5 sometimes Debugger F7,F8 not working
« Reply #15 on: August 14, 2018, 07:23:52 am »
Back to my original problem with F7 and F8. I have cleared the whole projectgroup. Recompiled anything with automatic and now it is working (for me).

If the problem araise i will have a look on the debugging-windows and make a trace of it.
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Re: Lazarus 1.8.5 sometimes Debugger F7,F8 not working
« Reply #16 on: August 14, 2018, 09:50:30 am »
I have it again, the problem with F7 and F8.
Lazarus 1.8.5 r58495 FPC 3.1.1 i386-win32-win32/win64
F7 in Debuggerwindow
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<-data-evaluate-expression $fp>
^done,value="0x195f8d8"
(gdb)
<-exec-step>
^error,msg="Warning:\nCannot insert breakpoint -233.\nCannot access memory at address 0x72d54ef4\n"
(gdb)
F8 in Debuggerwindow
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<-break-enable 10>
^done
(gdb)
<-break-enable 9>
^done
(gdb)
<-data-evaluate-expression $fp>
^done,value="0x195f8d8"
(gdb)
<-exec-next>
^error,msg="Warning:\nCannot insert breakpoint -236.\nCannot access memory at address 0x72d54ef4\n"
(gdb)
Comandlineparameters (from Projectoptions - Show Options) without the -F !
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-MObjFPC -Scaghi -CirotR -O1 -g -gl -gh -Xg -gt -WG -l -vewnhibq

The program is not using Threads.

Edit: It look actual for me, if i use not 'Use external gdb debug symbols file (-Xg)' it works. If i recompile with -Xg it doesnt work.

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Re: Lazarus 1.8.5 sometimes Debugger F7,F8 not working
« Reply #17 on: August 14, 2018, 12:48:00 pm »
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  1. ^error,msg="Warning:\nCannot insert breakpoint -233.\nCannot access memory at address 0x72d54ef4\n"

The above means gdb has an internal problem. Something went wrong in GDB when GDB tried to find out where the step should end (where the next line is).

I dont know why it is related to Xg.
Though one danger of Xg is, that the file may for some reason not be updated on every compile (verify it has the same date as the exe).
Or there may be an old one around in addition to the new one (I do not know all the locations that gdb searches.).
If gdb had an outdate file, then that would cause problems.

Generally I recommend not to use Xg.
Set up build modes for debug and release. Then it is easy to recompile your release version without debug info.
Or use strip.exe to generate your release.

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Re: Lazarus 1.8.5 sometimes Debugger F7,F8 not working
« Reply #18 on: August 14, 2018, 01:49:23 pm »
The date/time is similar to the exe. If i set breakpoint by breakpoint i can step wit F9 :-) So the dbg file it looks not corrupt.

But i have no problem now, because i look for the Xg switch and set it off, if i want to debug.

BTW i use buildmodes very extensive. This was one of my problem to find the logic of the issue.
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Re: Lazarus 1.8.5 sometimes Debugger F7,F8 not working
« Reply #19 on: August 14, 2018, 03:41:30 pm »
Yes! Works great. I found a newer one here https://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpcbuild/binaries/i386-win32
Many thanks, Martin!

Well, after using this the whole day, i must say that i have problems with F7 now  %)
Sometimes it works like F9 and sometime the IDE says the program is running while it isn't reacting anymore.
laz trunk x64 - fpc trunk i386 (cross x64) - Windows 10 Pro x64 (21H2)

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Re: Lazarus 1.8.5 sometimes Debugger F7,F8 not working
« Reply #20 on: August 14, 2018, 03:46:12 pm »
Yes! Works great. I found a newer one here https://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpcbuild/binaries/i386-win32
Many thanks, Martin!

Well, after using this the whole day, i must say that i have problems with F7 now  %)
Sometimes it works like F9 and sometime the IDE says the program is running while it isn't reacting anymore.

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Re: Lazarus 1.8.5 sometimes Debugger F7,F8 not working
« Reply #21 on: August 21, 2018, 03:30:07 pm »
There is an issue with 64bit (possible only if fpc 3.0.4 is used, not sure) where step over, will step in.

This also is in latest trunk. Very aanoying  :(

Anyone with a good way to reproduce, can you add to https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=34159

 

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