Re: How to run emacs under a debugger on macOS?

[Pankaj Jangid <p4j@j4d.net>]

Alan Third <alan@idiocy.org> writes:

> On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 11:32:15AM +0000, Pankaj Jangid wrote:
>> 1. How to make debug build?  2. How to launch emacs under a debugger
>> on macos?  3. Any other instructions relevant for debugging.
>
> I usually do something like:
>
>     ./configure CFLAGS="-g -O0" make make install lldb
>     nextstep/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs

Thanks.

BTW I launched directory from the ./src/emacs after building with "-g
-O0".

> It’s possible to use gdb on macOS, but you need to at a minimum sign
> it, and upgrades will undo that so you have to do it again. I don’t
> usually bother with gdb.

Okay. I'll look into it sometime. :-)

One followup query: Does lldb also create similar dump that the gdb
creates when there is a crash?

Regards
Pankaj