[Lazarus] Debugging Lazarus in Lazarus - debugger error

[Martin]

On 03/04/2013 08:28, Lubos Pintes wrote:
> Hi,
> Just tried the following:
> Opened <lazarus>\ide\lazarus.lpi and then pressed F7.
> The Assembler window appeared and after next F7 press, the following 
> error appeared (copy of window text follows)
>
> Debugger Error
> The debugger encountered an error when trying to run/step the 
> application:
> Cannot find bounds of current function
> Press "Ok" to continue debugging (paused), and correct the problem, or 
> choose an alternative run command.
> Press "Stop" to end the debug session.
>
> Pressing OK doesn't help.
> I am using the latest SVN, fresh build. OS is win 7 pro 64 bit.

This is probably the same issue as described here: 
http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=24208

There is a workaround described in the notes.

However unless you want to debug the startup code (begin end block of 
the "program"), it makes no sense to use F7.