After trying for several hours, I just did not have a good experience with Lazarus 1.2.6 and fpc 2.4 And GDB on Mac OSX Yosemite 10.10.2

I tried the Homebrew version of GDB, codesigned properly

Now, my attempt at running lazarus with an old Xcode packaged gdb 4.x works,

There is a video of some dutch guys apparently installing yosemite, but you never see them set a break point, run the program, and have it successfully stop on that break point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umgvVyUN3aM

Nice speed rock soundtrack!

Of course, I followed:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/GDB_on_OS_X_Mavericks_and_Xcode_5

I may just go back to mavericks since I likely has had more time to settle in.

Who is successfully using Mac OSX Yosemite with Lazarus 1.2.6?

Cheers,

marco

Maybe some tips from this discussion can help:
http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?topic=25543.0

I'm using fpc & lazarus svn on yosemite
gdb work good for me, just I wrote here before and not solution yet, when application and gdb popup error message. Break point, step over and check variable while debuging without error for me. I installed dbg from brew. "http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/GDB_on_OS_X_Mavericks" And my BIG problem is key maps. I can not use alt key in shortcut. I wrote thats and reported bugs. yesterday I get new one. I can not use arrow key with ctrl or cmd combination in design form. Can not move component via ctrl + any arrow key. via shift key work, change size.

Who is successfully using Mac OSX Yosemite with Lazarus 1.2.6?

I am using Lazarus SVN in Yosemite and it works about the same as it worked in 10.6

For me the key thing was that debugging works only when dwarf2 format is selected, stabs doesn't work with the GDB from homebrew.

Are you using dwarf2?

What problem exactly do you have?

I may just go back to mavericks since I likely has had more time to settle in.

I now refuse to upgrade my OSX. Every new version is worse that the one before. Everything looks uglier and more dumbed down and iPad like. Apple keeps [silently] removing features too - ftp server, nfs etc. It is so damn annoying.

Regards,
- Graeme -

part of apple policy unfortunately. they are pandering to demand and putting quantity over and above quality which will ultimately alienate them from otherwise staunch supporters of the platform. just my pennies worth sorry its a tiny bit off topic.

Problem is, during my attempts yesterday to get my development environment back up, I found that Yosemite is just BETTER than Mavericks.

I run a Hackintosh and the disk driver and video drivers are just more reliable, all together, Apple is making improvements.

I actually think it is not any uglier or not, and things seem to be in the same place.

Unless OSX prevents people from loading directly applications outside of the apple store, I think it is pretty good.

All of my development tools run well under Yosemite 10.10.2, so I have no problem at all with moving forward.

Hey, the operating system is FREE! Any my hackintosh hardware is CHEAP!

The only problem I have is keeping my Lazarus tool running on the latest operating system.

If I can get it working on Yosemite, I can chuck my Mavericks, Mountain Lion and Lion into the trash.

Just my 2 cents...

Thanks for the comment shaun, now lets focus on getting it to work on Yosemite 10.10.2 and onwards...

md

I think this guide to osx debugger setup might be helpful:

http://www.getlazarus.org/setup/macintosh/
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[...] Thanks for the comment shaun, now lets focus on getting it to work on Yosemite 10.10.2 and onwards...

What does not work?

Mattias

Mattias:

To answer your question, "What does not work?"

Environment: Yosemite 10.10.2. Lazarus 1.2.6, FPC 2.4

The Homebrew based GDB debugger is a big FAIL on Yosemite.

You MUST use the FINK install apple-gdb. (version 6.3.50)

I have not experimented with the other gdb FINK version, I only got apple-gdb installed and signed and it works.

What else bothers me?

The smallest OSX executable I can build is 17 MB. That is QUITE LARGE.

The option for keeping debug information -Xg does not seem to work on Yosemite (OSX). It may be a head fake and put a separate dbg file inside the App bundle, but who knows.

That is all, I am not operational on Yosemite with Lazarus 1.2.6/FPC 2.4

Cheers all,

Marco

ok.
I don't have fink nor homebrew installed and it works. I use the Xcode gdb.

What else bothers me? The smallest OSX executable I can build is 17 MB. That is QUITE LARGE.

You can use the command line tool 'strip' to remove the debug information from the executable.

That is all, I am not operational on Yosemite with Lazarus 1.2.6/FPC 2.4

Why not?

Mattias

Oops,

Type, my bad.

I am NOW operational, NOT not operational.

I built the executable in Release mode, no debugging information at all generated. 17 MB. Well, that's just how things roll on OSX. Large.

Zip should get it down some more.

Cheers,

md

Do in terminal 'strip path/of/your/binary'.

Zip should get it down some more.

Mattias