From 002cbb31631965ffae4a9cd005fd3101cc51cfd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Conybeare <rconybeare@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:10:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] osx env: get lldb from nixpkgs, with apple-signed debugserver

---
 default.nix | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 4304271a..244ee8fc 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -334,7 +334,9 @@ let
   ++ (if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux then [
     pkgs.gdb
     pkgs.strace
-  ] else [])
+  ] else [
+    pkgs.llvmPackages_18.lldb
+  ])
   ++ [
     pkgs.which
     pkgs.man
@@ -804,6 +806,10 @@ in
       # dependencies on host system libraries
       # glpath = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [ ];
 
+      # debugserver interacts with a local process to debug it.
+      # requires code signing, so nix can't replicate it.
+      export LLDB_DEBUGSERVER_PATH=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/PrivateFrameworks/LLDB.framework/Versions/A/Resources/debugserver
+
       # choose a temp directory that can outlive nix-shell
       export TMPDIR=$(getconf DARWIN_USER_TEMP_DIR)
       export TMP=$TMPDIR