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  1. Qt Creator
  2. QTCREATORBUG-24632

Debugging not working with root-level symbolic links on macOS

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Won't Do
    • P3: Somewhat important
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    • Qt Creator 4.13.0
    • Debugger
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    • macOS Catalina 10.15.6
    • macOS

    Description

      The debugger does not hit breakpoints when the build directory contains a folder created with a root-level symbolic link. This was still working in Qt Creator 4.12.

      Details: For conformance with my Windows development environment I had to create a root-level symbolic link adding the following entry in /etc/synthetic.conf (as required by macOS Catalina to create rool-level directories):

      Q       /Users/dominik/Q

      In my Qt project the debug build directory is set as

      /Q/Build/App_Debug

      When running in debug mode the application does not stop at breakpoints. Instead I need to eliminate the link by changing the build directory to

      /Users/dominik/Q/Build/App_Debug

      After rebuild breakpoints are working again.

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            madwinter Marcus Tillmanns
            ornello Dominik Hörnel
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