Xamarin Public Jenkins (auto-signing) 6bdd276d05 Imported Upstream version 5.0.0.42

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Debugging CoreFX on Unix

CoreFX can be debugged on unix using both lldb and visual studio code

Using lldb and SOS

Run the test using msbuild at least once with /t:BuildAndTest.
Install version 3.6 of lldb and launch lldb with corerun as the process and arguments matching the arguments used when running the test through msbuild.
Load the sos plugin using plugin load libsosplugin.so.
Type soshelp to get help. You can now use all sos commands like bpmd.

Install Visual Studio Code
Install the C# Extension
Open the folder containing the source you want to debug in VS Code
Open the debug window: ctrl-shift-D or click on the button on the left
Click the gear button at the top to create a launch configuration, select .NET Core from the selection dropdown
In the .NET Core Launch (console) configuration do the following
- delete the preLaunchTask property
- set program to the full path to corerun in the test directory
- set cwd to the test directory
- set args to the command line arguments to pass to the test
  - something like: [ "xunit.console.netcore.exe", "<test>.dll", "-notrait", .... ]
Set a breakpoint and launch the debugger, inspecting variables and call stacks will now work