Type: Debugger
- OS and Version: Windows version 10.0.17763.253
- VS Code Version: 1.30,2
- C/C++ Extension Version: 0.21.0
- Other extensions you installed (and if the issue persists after disabling them): NA
To Reproduce
Building and debugging any C program using MINGW64, when miDebuggerPath in launch.json is unspecified or set to "gdb", results in the error below. System PATH variable has gdb.exe. Setting miDebuggerPath to "gdb.exe" does not cause the error.
launch.json
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "(gdb) Launch",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${workspaceFolder}/examples/introduction/hello",
"args": [],
"stopAtEntry": false,
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"environment": [],
"externalConsole": true,
"MIMode": "gdb",
"miDebuggerPath": "gdb",
"setupCommands": [
{
"description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
"text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
"ignoreFailures": true
}
]
}
]
}
Type: Debugger
To Reproduce
Building and debugging any C program using MINGW64, when
miDebuggerPathinlaunch.jsonis unspecified or set to"gdb", results in the error below. System PATH variable hasgdb.exe. SettingmiDebuggerPathto"gdb.exe"does not cause the error.launch.json
{ "version": "0.2.0", "configurations": [ { "name": "(gdb) Launch", "type": "cppdbg", "request": "launch", "program": "${workspaceFolder}/examples/introduction/hello", "args": [], "stopAtEntry": false, "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}", "environment": [], "externalConsole": true, "MIMode": "gdb", "miDebuggerPath": "gdb", "setupCommands": [ { "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb", "text": "-enable-pretty-printing", "ignoreFailures": true } ] } ] }