[Bug ld/30493] New: PDB files generated by ld --pdb do not work with the Visual Studio debugger

[tkacvins at gmail dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30493

            Bug ID: 30493
           Summary: PDB files generated by ld --pdb do not work with the
                    Visual Studio debugger
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.40
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ld
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: tkacvins at gmail dot com
  Target Milestone: ---

This is a placeholder for an issue I have with PDB files generated by ld --pdb.

I am using MSYS2 + MinGW-w64, with a built for source GCC 12.1.0 and binutils
2.40.  I am not using the distribution's toolchain.  But I _think_ this should
reproduce if you use the latest MSYS2 + MinGW-w64 x86_64 toolchain.

The issue is the PDB file being usable in the Visual Studio debugger.  The PDB
loads and I can hit breakpoints, but there is no source display when I hit the
breakpoint.

I will upload the PDB files as generated by GCC and Visual Studio for analysis.
 I will also use clang to generate a PDB file and see if that works with the
Visual Studio debugger.

If you want to try to reproduce before I can upload the files (which would be
around June 6th), a simple hello world reproduced exhibits the problem.

gcc -o hello -Wl,--pdb hello.c

Then debug with Visual Studio's devenv

devenv /debugexe hello.exe

and set a break point on main and start debugging.  You will break on main, but
there will be no source display.

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