Bug 327760

Summary: Notify user when debug symbols are missing
Product: [Applications] kdevelop Reporter: Milian Wolff <mail>
Component: CPP DebuggerAssignee: kdevelop-bugs-null
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: aspotashev, codestruct, niko.sams, steverweber
Priority: NOR Keywords: junior-jobs
Version First Reported In: git master   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Milian Wolff 2013-11-18 11:03:16 UTC 
GDB tells us when a library/executable is missing debug symbols. We should tell the user that, as it may explain why his break points are not hit.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. build an app in release mode
2. add a breakpoint anywhere
3. try to run in debug and stop at the specified location
Actual Results:  
Nothing happens , the app just finishes and the user is confused.

Expected Results:  
A dialog on start tells the user that the app is compiled without debug symbols and thus no debugging is possible.
Comment 1 Vlas Puhov 2013-12-03 18:23:23 UTC 
*** Bug 216692 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Gregor Mi 2014-11-09 13:56:55 UTC 
Expected Results:
Plus maybe a hint of how to do enable debug symbols when cmake is used.
Comment 3 Kevin Funk 2017-12-20 00:22:53 UTC 
Preliminary patch: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/125664

If someone wants to pick this up -- you're welcome!