Re: error reading variable on Windows Docker Containers

On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 at 12:59, J.R. Heisey <[email protected]> wrote:

> Why are you quoting the variable name?
>

I am not, I am printing literal character 'Z'. Note in the full log I am
not even debugging a program, just starting gdb and doing p 'Z'.


>
> Thanks,
> J.R.
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
> Jonah Graham
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2019 9:20 AM
> To: GDB Development <[email protected]>
> Subject: [External] error reading variable on Windows Docker Containers
>
> Hello folks,
>
> I have a strange error using GDB on a Windows Docker container and I don't
> know where to start in diagnosing the problem.
>
> Simply, when trying to print characters or strings I get "error reading
> variable". For example:
>
> (gdb) p 'Z'
> $1 = 90 '<error reading variable>
> instead of:
> $1 = 90 'Z'
>
> Full log below. This is running a Windows Docker container (FROM
> mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:1809) using msys2's distribution of
> mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb.
>
>
> Full command and output:
>
> gdb -ex "p 'Z'" -ex "p/x 'Z'" -ex "p \"abcd\"" -ex "quit"
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> $1 = 90 '<error reading variable>
> $2 = 0x5a
> $3 = <error reading variable>
>
> What I expect, and what I get on the same version of Windows Pro (1809)
> with the identical GDB when running on the host OS is:
>
> $1 = 90 'Z'
> $2 = 0x5a
> $3 = "abcd"
>
> Any guidance greatly welcome.
>
> PS for those of you who might wonder why, I am in the process of setting
> up regression tests on Windows for a VS Code Debug Adapter for GDB by the
> Eclipse CDT project: https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt-gdb-adapter. I am
> hoping to run these tests in a container to improve reproducibility. At the
> moment our tests pass, except the ones for variables.
>
> Thank you,
> Jonah
>
>
> ~~~
> Jonah Graham
> Kichwa Coders
> www.kichwacoders.com
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