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I've got 2 stations, one for development and another one for testing. I'd like to be able to run and debug targets that were built under release mode (the code is stripped) on the testing station.
Since the code may not be copied to the testing station for security reasons, I've tried remote debugging as described in the following link - http://lldb.llvm.org/remote.html.
Since both sides of the debugging runs OS X, the settings instructions specify that my local (development) station should run 'lldb-server' along with 'debugserver', and remote (testing) side should run 'platform'.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find all those tools inside the Xcode bundle. I also tried to download lldb source code and create those executable by myself, but I'm still missing the lldb-server target.
I wish I had some clear and comprehensive guide about how to do lldb remote debugging properly from A to Z.
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Xcode uses the LLDB as the default debugging tool. The full form of LLDB is Low-level debugger. Breakpoints help a developer to stop the execution of the program at any point.
What is LLDB? A low-level debugger (LLDB) is the default debugger used in Xcode and is part of the LLVM project. LLDB replaced GDB in XCode 5 and has several advantages, such as performance and scriptability.
In lldb you can set breakpoints by typing either break or b followed by information on where you want the program to pause. After the b command, you can put either: a function name (e.g., b my_subroutine ) a line number (e.g., b 12 )
LLDB supports GDB server that QEMU uses, so you can do the same thing with the previous section, but with some command modification as LLDB has some commands that are different than GDB You can run QEMU to listen for a "GDB connection" before it starts executing any code to debug it.
Make sure that Xcode is installed on both machines. (Different versions are OK!)
On the remote machine (running the executable):
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks/LLDB.framework/Versions/A/Resources/debugserver development-mac.local:16000 --attach="Photo Booth"
On the development machine:
lldb
process connect connect://test-mac.local:16000
On the test machine, you should now see the message Waiting for debugger instructions for process 0. After a short while, the (lldb) prompt should appear on your development machine, and you can start debugging as normal.
Unfortunatly, I'm not sure how to connect from Xcode.
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Please give feedback for Apple to update their documentation here
In the mean time, I'm getting more milage using hopperapp with app disassembly. http://hopperapp.com/ There's a free trial - and it has a remote debugger available.
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