At 08:53 PM 3/3/00 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Dan asked:
>
> >Can you try the simple one with output redirection? I don't suppose we're
> >lucky enough to have this fail like a good program with debugging built
> in...
>
>Here ya go...
>
> $ MCR Sys$Disk:[]miniperl.exe -e "print 'hello'" > foo.bar
> $ type foo.bar
> hello
> $
Well, foo.
>Question: can I build with debugging at this point by just typing
>
> mms/macro=("__DEBUG__=1")
>
>or do I in fact need to reconfigure? I will try to reconfigure,
>but I'd like to know if it's even necessary. Thanks.
I'll go dig through and see. I don't recall off-hand.
>P.S. If you simply type that mms command it relinks a DGBMINIPERL.EXE but
>the descrip.mms then trys to run `mcr sys$disk:[]miniperl [.vms]writemain.pl`
>and that fails again (note that miniperl.exe was not relinked).
Yep. The DBG* executables all call into the debugger when they start, while
the non-DBG* executables don't. You still get the traceback info, but it
works like normal.
>P.P.S. Here was the tail end of the build configed to be a debug build:
>
>Link
>/Trace/Debug/Map/Full/Cross/NoDebug/Trace/NoMap/NoFull/NoCross/Exe=SYS$DISK
>:[]MINIPERL.EXE miniperlmain.obj, DBGlibperl.olb/Library/Include=globals
>,[]crtl.opt/Options
>MCR Sys$Disk:[]miniperl.exe "-I[.lib]" [.VMS]Writemain.pl "DynaLoader Socket"
>Fatal VMS error (status=114762) at DKB100:[VMSPERL]VMS.C;1, line 4653.
>%RMS-E-DNF, directory not found
>-NONAME-W-NOMSG, Message number 00000000
>%MMS-F-ABORT, For target PERLMAIN.C, CLI returned abort status: %X0001C04A.
>-RMS-E-DNF, directory not found
>
>OK so here is a run:
>
>$ miniperl :== $Sys$Disk:[]miniperl.exe
>$ DEBUG/KEEP
>
> OpenVMS Alpha DEBUG Version V7.1-000
>
>
>DBG> RUN/COMMAND="miniperl"/ARGUMENTS="""-I[.lib]"" [.VMS]Writemain.pl
>""DynaLoader Socket"""
>Fatal VMS error (status=114762) at DKB100:[VMSPERL]VMS.C;1, line 4653.
>%RMS-E-DNF, directory not found
>-NONAME-W-NOMSG, Message number 00000000
>DBG> GO
>%DEBUG-W-NOPROGRAM, function GO requires a running program.
>DBG> quit
>
>Suggestions?
Throw a breakpoint in at vms.c line 4653 and see what it's doing in there.
Might give us more info.
I have this nasty feeling we've got a wild pointer somewhere, either
because of us or some odd Dec C-ism. I'm not particularly happy about that
thought. :(
Dan
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