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gdb/2222: Impossible to debug FreePascal programs on AMD64 Linux: msg#00018

Subject: gdb/2222: Impossible to debug FreePascal programs on AMD64 Linux
>Number:         2222
>Category:       gdb
>Synopsis:       Impossible to debug FreePascal programs on AMD64 Linux
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jan 26 08:58:01 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     viktor.nagy@xxxxxxx
>Release:        6.5
>Organization:
>Environment:
GNU Linux, debian, AMD64
>Description:
With FreePascal 2.0.4 you cannot examine the stack local variables.

The FreePascal developers say this is a gdb bug:

http://www.freepascal.org/mantis/view.php?id=8215

This might be the same as problem 1967.
>How-To-Repeat:
dbgtest2.pas:
------------------------------
procedure MainProc;
var
  x : integer;
begin
  x := 5;
  writeln('x=',x);
end;

begin
  MainProc;
end.

------------------------
# fpc dbgtest2.pas
# gdb dbgtest2
...
(gdb) break MAINPROC
Breakpoint 1 at 0x4001a4: file dbgtest2.pas, line 5.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /work/dbgtest64/dbgtest2

Breakpoint 1, MAINPROC () at dbgtest2.pas:5
5 x := 5;
(gdb) step
6 writeln('x=',x);
(gdb) print X
Cannot access memory at address 0x80003877108c
(gdb) 
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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