[Qt-interest] setting DYLD_IMAGE_SUFFIX=_debug environment variable

[John Weeks]

On Aug 27, 2010, at 12:10 AM, Kai Koehne wrote:

> I somewhat doubt it that this is possible with qmake, but you never  
> know
> ... ;) Anyhow, since it's an environment variable you might be able to
> set it globally, e.g. in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist . Haven't tried
> this myself though.

OK- re-built Qt, this time with the source *not* in /tmp so it won't  
go away this time.

Putting the definition of DYLD_IMAGE_SUFFIX=_debug in .bash_profile  
doesn't work, even though when gdb runs a shell it is bash.

Going to the General tab of the Executable Get Info window and  
selecting "debug" from the "Use suffix when loading frameworks" menu,  
I can step into Qt code.

It also works to set the DYLD_IMAGE_SUFFIX=_debug environment variable  
in the Arguments tab.



I researched the .MacOSX/environment.plist and tried it without  
success. But it's hard to say if I did it right- that doesn't seem to  
be reflected in the environment when I run a terminal window.

And gdb under Xcode seems to build its own environment- in the gdb  
terminal window, typing "shell env" gives different output than doing  
the same in a regular terminal window.



So at least there's an easy-to-remember way to get what I want, using  
the menu selection. It would be nice if qmake could do it so that I  
don't have to remember to re-set that setting when I run qmake on  
my .pro file.

Regards,
John Weeks

WaveMetrics, Inc.
Phone (503) 620-3001
Fax   (503) 620-6754
email   support at WaveMetrics.com

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