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Re: Unable to debug custom executable
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Re: Unable to debug custom executable


  • Subject: Re: Unable to debug custom executable
  • From: Howard Moon <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:13:23 -0700

I'm not sure why, but sometimes simply selecting an app bundle in Xcode isn't enough for it to allow debugging. Instead, I have to Get Info on the custom executable (in Xcode), and modify the path by appending something like this to it: /Contents/MacOS/MyApp. It's strange that sometimes I need to do this, and sometimes I don't, and I don't see what's different in the executables I've chosen that would cause that difference (they're all application bundles).

Anyway, maybe this will help...?

-Howard


On Apr 25, 2008, at 8:23 AM, Dieter Oberkofler wrote:

I was wondering if someone might be able to help me on this one...
Thank you,
Dieter

On 18.04.2008, at 08:18, Dieter Oberkofler wrote:

I have now double checked the possible reasons for my problem:
1) The Mach-O executable is missing: seems to be fine and I can start the application bundle from the finder
2) The info.plist entries have an error: they look fine by comparing them to an application that can be debugged. I have attached it. (Is there a way/tool to have them checked?)
3) The Architecture is not suitable for my environment: I'm running on an Intel and the file Info and file utility identify the Mach-O executable as i386.
I'm still stuck and would appreciate your help.
<Info.plist>


On 17.04.2008, at 23:24, George Warner wrote:

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:32:25 +0200, Dieter Oberkofler
<email@hidden> wrote:

I'm trying to debug a Intel custom executable in XCode 2.5 but when
using "Add custom executable" my application has an icon of a "invalid
application" (icon is overlaid with some kind of a )crossed out circle
and when trying to run the debugger all icons are grayed out. There
are other applications that can be debugged using the same steps and
the application has a "normal" icon in the Finder and can be executed
without problems.
I have been trying to see any differences to other applications but
I'm stuck. Any help is appreciated. It would often be great to have
XCode telling me why he "dislikes" what I want to do instead of just
graying function out.

Chances are your project is setup to build a ppc executable (not a universal
binary or an Intel). The quickest way to test is to use the "file" command
in terminal to check the architecture of your applications executable file:


From terminal cd to your applications "MacOS" folder and then type:

term> cd jucedemo.app/Contents/MacOS/
term> file jucedemo
jucedemo: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
jucedemo (for architecture ppc):    Mach-O executable ppc
jucedemo (for architecture i386):    Mach-O executable i386

If it's not universal binary then it should be the same architecture as the
machine that you're running on.


In your target settings make sure that your debug configuration uses:

ARCHS = "$(NATIVE_ARCH)"

And in your release configuration you use:

ARCHS = ppc i386

--
Enjoy,
George Warner,
Schizophrenic Optimization Scientist
Apple Developer Technical Support (DTS)



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