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May 9, 2023, 6:12:57 PM5/9/23
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So I dug out my old code from aeons ago and put them to the test on
X86_64's C, Pascal and Fortran compilers.

C hasn't aged well - something for me to sort :-D
Pascal, most programs were fine, but see my notes later on in this e-
mail.
Fortran - beautiful. Works a treat

I needed to debug one of my old Pascal programs. so I issued the the
following to compile, link and run with DEBUG:

$ pas/debug/noopt rec.pas
$ link/debug rec
$ run rec
%DEBUG-I-INFODWARF, error reading Dwarf info: user-defined attribute
code: 2134
%DEBUG-I-INFODWARF, error reading Dwarf info: unrecognized attribute
code: 88
%DEBUG-I-INFODWARF, error reading Dwarf info: end-of-list attribute
paired with non-EOL form

OpenVMS x86-64 Debug64 Version V9.2-001

%DEBUG-I-INITIAL, Language: UNKNOWN, Module: SHARE$DCL_FIXUP8

Strange. What did I get wrong? Any magic incantions I need to utter?

Thanks,
Alex
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Ian Miller

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May 10, 2023, 4:10:54 AM5/10/23
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Some PASCAL & DEBUG issues reported on the VSI forums which John R has acknowledged. Report this one and await a fix.

John Reagan

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May 10, 2023, 9:58:17 AM5/10/23
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The LLVM backend generates some additional DWARF tags that the debugger was not expecting. Most can be ignored but we
need to handle a few of them. The debugger in the upcoming V9.2-1 release will be much quieter and better.

That said, we're still working on Pascal (and others) to get parity on debug support between Itanium and x86.

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May 10, 2023, 3:04:20 PM5/10/23
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On Wed, 2023-05-10 at 01:10 -0700, Ian Miller wrote:


> Some PASCAL & DEBUG issues reported on the VSI forums which John R
> has acknowledged. Report this one and await a fix.

I will, as soon as I can figure out how to access the VSI forums. I got
my invitation last weekend and I now have acess to the VSI service
portal and can download files. The VSI forums still remain out of reach
as it apparently won't accept the credentials I used to access the VSI
service portal.
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May 10, 2023, 3:04:20 PM5/10/23
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On Wed, 2023-05-10 at 06:58 -0700, John Reagan wrote:
> > Some PASCAL & DEBUG issues reported on the VSI forums which John R
> > has acknowledged. Report this one and await a fix.

> The LLVM backend generates some additional DWARF tags that the
> debugger was not expecting.  Most can be ignored but we
> need to handle a few of them.  The debugger in the upcoming V9.2-1
> release will be much quieter and better.
>
> That said, we're still working on Pascal (and others) to get parity
> on debug support between Itanium and x86.

Fair enough, I'll look forward to that.
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Arne Vajhøj

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May 10, 2023, 3:19:34 PM5/10/23
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You can read without login.

To post you need an account in the forum system, which I assume
is different from any other account as it is based on phpBB software,

https://forum.vmssoftware.com/ has a "register" link at the top.

Arne


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May 10, 2023, 3:33:07 PM5/10/23
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On Wed, 2023-05-10 at 15:18 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> To post you need an account in the forum system, which I assume
> is different from any other account as it is based on phpBB software,
>
> https://forum.vmssoftware.com/ has a "register" link at the top.

Finally! I've managed to sort it. I suppose I must have messed up the
password when registering. Anyway, I reset it and set a new password
and all is well.
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