Test/lldb

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "R-Dev-Env",
     "image": "ghcr.io/r-devel/r-dev-env:devel",
+    "runArgs": ["--cap-add=SYS_PTRACE"],
     "hostRequirements": {
         "cpus": 4
     },
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
                 "r.lsp.diagnostics": false,
                 "r.plot.useHttpgd": true,
                 "r.rpath.linux": "/usr/bin/R",
-                "r.rterm.linux": "/usr/bin/R",
+                "r.rterm.linux": "/workspaces/r-dev-env/scripts/launch_r.sh",
                 "terminal.integrated.sendKeybindingsToShell": true,
                 "svn.multipleFolders.enabled": true,
                 "workbench.editorAssociations": {
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@
                 "johnstoncode.svn-scm",
                 "ms-vscode.cpptools",
                 "MS-vsliveshare.vsliveshare",
-                "natqe.reload"
+                "natqe.reload",
+                "vadimcn.vscode-lldb"
             ]
         }
     },

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ R-4.1.3/
 R-4.1.3.tar.gz
 R-devel/
 R-devel.tar.gz
+/build
+/svn
 /venv
 .cache/
 .Rproj.user
+*.Rproj
+**.so

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+"version": "0.2.0",
+"configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "(lldb) Attach to R",
+      "type": "lldb",
+      "request": "attach",
+      "pid": "${command:pickMyProcess}",
+      "stopOnEntry": false
+    }
+  ]
+}

scripts/allow_ptrace.c

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+__attribute__((constructor)) void allow_ptrace() {
+    prctl(PR_SET_PTRACER, PR_SET_PTRACER_ANY);
+    fprintf(stderr, "allow_ptrace: called\n");
+}

scripts/launch_r.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+export LD_PRELOAD=/workspaces/r-dev-env/scripts/allow_ptrace.so
+# which_r.sh needs updating to switch R version here vs in vscode settings
+# exec /workspaces/r-dev-env/build/r-devel/bin/R "$@"
+exec /usr/bin/R "$@"

scripts/localscript.sh

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ cat $WORK_DIR/scripts/welcome_msg.sh >> ~/.bashrc
 #bash ~/.bashrc
 
 # Remove git directory if it exists
-rm -rf .git
+# rm -rf .git
 
 # copying vscode extension settings from devcontainer json to vscode settings json using jq
 if [ -f "$DEVCONTAINER_JSON" ]; then