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Add debugging troubleshooting for GDB (#1613)
Older versions of GDB (before version 10.1) don't work with the DWARF v5 debugging format the LLVM uses. The error message which GDB shows when this happens is a bit misleading though. Provide documentation about how to deal with that error message.
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- [Clang and LLVM](#clang-and-llvm)
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- [Manual installations (not recommended)](#manual-installations-not-recommended)
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- [Troubleshooting build issues](#troubleshooting-build-issues)
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- [Troubleshooting debug issues](#troubleshooting-debug-issues)
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- [pre-commit](#pre-commit)
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- [Optional tools](#optional-tools)
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- [Carbon-maintained](#carbon-maintained)
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@@ -198,6 +199,31 @@ These commands will help diagnose potential build issues because they'll expose
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what's occurring with
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[clang detection](/bazel/cc_toolchains/clang_configuration.bzl).
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#### Troubleshooting debug issues
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Use the `--compilation_mode=dbg` argument to `bazel build` in order to compile
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with debugging enabled. For example:
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```shell
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bazel build --compilation_mode=dbg //explorer
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```
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Then debugging works with GDB:
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```shell
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gdb bazel-bin/explorer/explorer
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```
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Note that LLVM uses DWARF v5 debug symbols, which means that GDB version 10.1 or
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newer is required. If you see an error like this:
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```shell
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Dwarf Error: DW_FORM_strx1 found in non-DWO CU
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```
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It means that the version of GDB used is too old, and does not support the DWARF
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v5 format.
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### pre-commit
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We use [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) to run
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