Re: INFO: IBM i System Debugger not stopping on breakpoints

[Sam_L <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Excellent research! Thanks.

(But I bet the only fix, if any, will be to the documentation.)

On 4/25/2024 11:45 AM, Wilhelm R. Stanzl wrote:
>    INFO: IBM i System Debugger not stopping on breakpoints
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>    This is a post inspired by two past posts which did not find a correct solution:
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>       "ACS System Debugger doesn't want to work" https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/202210/msg00244.html
>       and
>       "System Debugger" https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/202306/msg00321.html
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>    Both posts describe the problem that System Debugger wouldn't stop on breakpoints (with the breakpoints briefly flashing in yellow).
>
>    I also observed this, on a local V7.2 system and on PUB400 V7.5
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>    Quick Answer:
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>       The debugging user needs *JOBCTL special rights for this to work.
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>       This applies to debugging option "Submit and debug program in batch job"
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>       N.B.:
>          PUB400 won't allow *JOBCTL - for a good reason, see below - so this won't work until (hopefully) IBM fixes this.
>
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>    Analysis and Details:
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