whilst looking at PerlBug recently https://rt.perl.org/rt3/NoAuth/perl5/Overview.html and the Type -> debugger ( gives us the following ) Open Tickets where CF.perl5.{Type} is debugger Id Subject Created Last Update 1726 Debugger: Break gets set on wrong subroutine 13 years ago 25 hours ago 60890 perl5db.pl corrupts $SIG{__DIE__} in BEGIN blocks 4 years ago 2 days ago 71678 Bug [5.11.3] debugger bug in evaluation of user actions ('a' command) 3 years ago 2 days ago 87740 Absence of POSIX::_SC_OPEN_MAX on Windows makes perl debugger restart fail [includes workaround] 2 years ago 7 months ago 116180 [PATCH] 1d2b211 Add in a) trace lines that match a re; b) ability to return up to N subroutines; c) add in frame command (dumps info about a stack frame). 8 months ago 3 weeks ago 116264 PERLDB_OPTS="Frame=1 veryCompact" apparently broken since before 5.8.9 8 months ago 16 hours ago 118817 [PATCH] lib/perldb5.t fails with TERM=vt100 7 weeks ago 2 days ago ( 7 tickets listed ) But when you start looking around ( ** = additional ) Status = 'open' AND (Subject LIKE 'debug') 1726 Debugger: Break gets set on wrong subroutine ** 38966 debugger can't breakpoint until module loaded ** 55084 Debugger loops infinitely with __DIE__ and DESTROY 71678 Bug [5.11.3] debugger bug in evaluation of user actions ('a' command) ** 79214 Perl debugger hopeless with Unicode program identifiers 87740 Absence of POSIX::_SC_OPEN_MAX on Windows makes perl debugger restart fail [includes workaround] ** 116819 endless loop debugging DosGlob ** 118447 -Dusevmsdebug generates a DESRIP.MMS that doesn't work without "/macro=(__DEBUG__)" Status = 'open' AND (Subject LIKE 'debugger') 1726 Debugger: Break gets set on wrong subroutine ** 38966 debugger can't breakpoint until module loaded ** 55084 Debugger loops infinitely with __DIE__ and DESTROY 71678 Bug [5.11.3] debugger bug in evaluation of user actions ('a' command) ** 79214 Perl debugger hopeless with Unicode program identifiers 87740 Absence of POSIX::_SC_OPEN_MAX on Windows makes perl debugger restart fail [includes workaround] Status = 'open' AND (Subject LIKE 'debugger') ** 116819 endless loop debugging DosGlob Status = 'open' AND (Subject LIKE 'perl5db.pl') ** 34489 perl5db.pl noTTY=1 AutoTrace=1 cause problems 60890 perl5db.pl corrupts $SIG{__DIE__} in BEGIN blocks ** 113644 Panic error ("attempt to copy freed scalar") in perl5db.pl:3733 And ** 118487 perl debugger can't breakpoint single thread after children stop how do I get the missing above added to and the Type -> debugger regards kevinThread Next