The update that I just made does seem to have fixed the problem that I was
having with GDB when used under VS Code.

Thanks very much for the help!

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


On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 5:37 PM Lowell Boggs <email address hidden> wrote:

> thanks, I set the pre-release items on the software updater, and triggered
> an update.  But I saw nothing about gdb in the things it was going to
> update.
> Without me telling it to update all packages in the "Updates" menu of
> software and updates, how do I make it update the gdb?
> Thanks
>
> --
> 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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>> report.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1990729
>>
>> 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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