Comment 11 for bug 1990729

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Lowell Boggs (lboggsamida) wrote : Re: [Bug 1990729] Re: gdb crashes when run from VSCode

Thanks!

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Lowell Boggs
Senior Software Engineer
Amida Technology Solutions, Inc.
m: 214-789-8560

On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 3:55 PM Dave Jones <email address hidden>
wrote:

> It would probably be best to report the crash in the "Software and
> Updates" tool separately against the software-properties package
> (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties).
>
> In the meantime you'll want to select "Pre-released Updates" on the
> "Developer Options" tab at the end of the window, rather than the
> "Updates" tab as shown in your screenshot.
>
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> Title:
> gdb crashes when run from VSCode
>
> Status in gdb package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I had no pre-existing breakpoints in VSCode, then added a breakpoint,
> and used F5 to run the debugger to the one breakpoint. It crashed
> before it got there. This is a C++ executable compiled for debugging
> using CMAKE. I can successfully debug the program using the TUI mode
> of gdb, so I think the problem likes in the vscode interface to gdb.
>
> /build/gdb-wIRHdd/gdb-12.0.90/gdb/value.c:1731: internal-error:
> value_copy: Assertion `arg->contents != nullptr' failed.
> A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
> further debugging may prove unreliable.
> Quit this debugging session? (y or n) [answered Y; input not from
> terminal]
> /build/gdb-wIRHdd/gdb-12.0.90/gdb/value.c:1731: internal-error:
> value_copy: Assertion `arg->contents != nullptr' failed.
> A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
> further debugging may prove unreliable.
> Create a core file of GDB? (y or n) [answered Y; input not from terminal]
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
> Package: gdb 12.0.90-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.14.0-1051.58-oem 5.14.21
> Uname: Linux 5.14.0-1051-oem x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Sat Sep 24 11:10:11 2022
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-02-15 (221 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64
> (20200731)
> RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
> SourcePackage: gdb
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-09-06 (18 days ago)
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