How do I get my breakpoints to work in VSCode? - c

Question

I'm trying to debug this C source file in VS Code on Windows 10:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(void){
printf("Test 1\n");
printf("Test 2\n");
printf("Break here\n");
printf("Test4\n");
system("pause");
return 0;
}
But when I do, all breakpoints are ignored by the debugger. It says "No symbols have been loaded for this document." as seen below:
I've read that the -g flag is required to be passed to g++ in order to be debugged, but even though it's there, I still get the same "No symbols have been loaded for this doucment." message.
tasks.json:
{
"tasks": [
{
"type": "cppbuild",
"label": "[!] C/C++: g++.exe build active file",
"command": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\g++.exe",
"args": [
"-fdiagnostics-color=always",
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
"-static"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "${fileDirname}"
},
"problemMatcher": [
"$gcc"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"detail": "compiler: C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\g++.exe"
},
],
"version": "2.0.0"
}
launch.json:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "(Windows) Launch",
"type": "cppvsdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
"args": [],
"stopAtEntry": false,
"cwd": "${fileDirname}",
"environment": [],
"console": "integratedTerminal",
"MIMode": "gdb",
"miDebuggerPath": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\gdb.exe",
"preLaunchTask": "[!] C/C++: g++.exe build active file"
}
],
"miDebuggerPath": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\gdb.exe"
}
Is there anything else I need to do to get the breakpoints to work?

Answer 1

I narrowed down the problem. In the launch.json, I changed "type": "cppvsdbg" to "type": "cppdbg" as seen below:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "(Windows) Launch",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
"args": [],
"stopAtEntry": false,
"cwd": "${fileDirname}",
"environment": [],
// "console": "integratedTerminal",
"MIMode": "gdb",
"miDebuggerPath": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\gdb.exe",
"preLaunchTask": "[!] C/C++: g++.exe build active file"
}
],
"miDebuggerPath": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\gdb.exe"
}
And now all the breakpoints are working properly.