Better gdb & gcc integration for containerized toolchains

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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
developer-experience, devtools

Research direction

Start by locating the launch-configuration handling for miDebuggerPath, miDebuggerArgs, and MIMode in the extension. Trace how the debugger command is assembled, then verify that a compound command such as toolbox with run gdb is invoked with the debugger arguments in the required order and that existing single-path configurations still work.

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Description

debugger help wanted
Feature Request

Currently launch configurations expect a single path for miDebuggerPath (as the name implies) but this creates friction if the underlying debugger requires some "pre" arguments. To give an example:

{
      "type": "cppdbg",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Example",
      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/...",
      "preLaunchTask": "...",
      "MIMode": "gdb",
      "miDebuggerPath": "toolbox",
      "miDebuggerArgs": "run gdb"
}

This triggers the debugger via toolbox --interpreter=mi run gdb, which is not correct as the debugger is not a single command but a compound command here.

There should be a way to provide a "debugger command" where additonal arguments are appended at the end.

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