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Display dlerror output if dlopen fails #2000

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions src/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/pydevd_attach_to_process/add_code_to_python_process.py
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Expand Up @@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ def run_python_code_linux(pid, python_code, connect_debugger_tracing=False, show
cmd.extend(
[
"--eval-command='call (void*)dlopen(\"%s\", 2)'" % target_dll,
"--eval-command='call (char*)dlerror()'",

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What does this do when the attach works?

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Is it like 'getLastError' in windows where it will just show a zero?

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It returns null and gdb shows nothing.

"--eval-command='sharedlibrary %s'" % target_dll_name,
"--eval-command='call (int)DoAttach(%s, \"%s\", %s)'" % (is_debug, python_code, show_debug_info),
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