fixes #12735 on osx, call dsymutil for debug builds (#12931)

* fix #12735 osx: dsymutil needs to be called for debug builds
* also write dsymutil command to extraCmds in json build file

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/extccomp.nim b/compiler/extccomp.nim
index 69b97177a..5db719f85 100644
--- a/compiler/extccomp.nim
+++ b/compiler/extccomp.nim
@@ -838,6 +838,15 @@ proc execLinkCmd(conf: ConfigRef; linkCmd: string) =
     execExternalProgram(conf, linkCmd,
       if optListCmd in conf.globalOptions or conf.verbosity > 1: hintExecuting else: hintLinking)
 
+proc maybeRunDsymutil(conf: ConfigRef; exe: AbsoluteFile) =
+  when defined(osx):
+    if optCDebug notin conf.globalOptions: return
+    # if needed, add an option to skip or override location
+    let cmd = "dsymutil " & $(exe).quoteShell
+    conf.extraCmds.add cmd
+    tryExceptOSErrorMessage(conf, "invocation of dsymutil failed."):
+      execExternalProgram(conf, cmd, hintExecuting)
+
 proc execCmdsInParallel(conf: ConfigRef; cmds: seq[string]; prettyCb: proc (idx: int)) =
   let runCb = proc (idx: int, p: Process) =
     let exitCode = p.peekExitCode
@@ -979,6 +988,7 @@ proc callCCompiler*(conf: ConfigRef) =
           linkViaResponseFile(conf, linkCmd)
         else:
           execLinkCmd(conf, linkCmd)
+        maybeRunDsymutil(conf, mainOutput)
   else:
     linkCmd = ""
   if optGenScript in conf.globalOptions:
@@ -1066,6 +1076,9 @@ proc writeJsonBuildInstructions*(conf: ConfigRef) =
     lit "],\L\"linkcmd\": "
     str getLinkCmd(conf, conf.absOutFile, objfiles)
 
+    lit ",\L\"extraCmds\": "
+    lit $(%* conf.extraCmds)
+
     if optRun in conf.globalOptions or isDefined(conf, "nimBetterRun"):
       lit ",\L\"cmdline\": "
       str conf.commandLine
@@ -1131,6 +1144,14 @@ proc runJsonBuildInstructions*(conf: ConfigRef; projectfile: AbsoluteFile) =
     let linkCmd = data["linkcmd"]
     doAssert linkCmd.kind == JString
     execLinkCmd(conf, linkCmd.getStr)
+    if data.hasKey("extraCmds"):
+      let extraCmds = data["extraCmds"]
+      doAssert extraCmds.kind == JArray
+      for cmd in extraCmds:
+        doAssert cmd.kind == JString, $cmd.kind
+        let cmd2 = cmd.getStr
+        execExternalProgram(conf, cmd2, hintExecuting)
+
   except:
     when declared(echo):
       echo getCurrentException().getStackTrace()
diff --git a/compiler/options.nim b/compiler/options.nim
index ed3ee030d..443b2a1b6 100644
--- a/compiler/options.nim
+++ b/compiler/options.nim
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ type
     command*: string # the main command (e.g. cc, check, scan, etc)
     commandArgs*: seq[string] # any arguments after the main command
     commandLine*: string
+    extraCmds*: seq[string] # for writeJsonBuildInstructions
     keepComments*: bool # whether the parser needs to keep comments
     implicitImports*: seq[string] # modules that are to be implicitly imported
     implicitIncludes*: seq[string] # modules that are to be implicitly included