Helloworld example fails on freshly built moddable SDK on Linux Arch x64

[tve]

Build environment: Linux Arch x64
Target device: desktop simulator,

Description
A brief summary of the problem

Steps to Reproduce

1. Build and install moddable SDK for linux following the instructions, except that on Arch I have to use make SHELL=/usr/bin/dash
2. Start xsbug
3. Run mcconfig -d -m -p lin
4. Observe that xsbug immediately displays a stack trace on readPreferenceString and in its console shows:

/home/sw/moddable/moddable/modules/piu/PC/lin/piuFiles.c (222) # Break: readPreferenceString: No such file or directory!

I'm totally new to the moddable SDK, so most lilely it's me doing something wrong...

[mkellner]

Can you try running mcconfig -d -m -p lin a second time?

[tve]

same result (I'm on Gitter if that's convenient)

[tve]

So the answer is that I has started xsbug before starting the helloworld example. Stopping xsbug, re-running mcconfig brought up xsbug that without the error.
The getting started instructions kind'a lead to this situation: https://github.com/Moddable-OpenSource/moddable/blob/public/documentation/Moddable%20SDK%20-%20Getting%20Started.md?plain=1#L367-L378

[mkellner]

I am looking further into the cause of the problem. There should be no problem starting with or without xsbug running (as the build will start xsbug if necessary). I will update this issue when I have more information.

I'm glad you have a workaround for now.

[phoddie]

This exception has been quieted.