Issue with Debug finding the source

[sebjulliand]

Discussed in https://github.com/orgs/codefori/discussions/2823

^{Originally posted by cwages August 1, 2025}
We use MDCMS as our change management tool. We compile our RPGLE and SQLRPGLE programs with DBGVIEW(*SOURCE). The CM software compiles against the stage libraries on our master CM system before promoting to our targets (where it lands in the production libraries). When we try to do service entry point debug in the stage environment it gives us the error:

Could not load source '/QRPGSRC/': EQARD1066E The debug engine could not locate the source or listing file /QRPGSRC().

In RDi the developers get a prompt that allows them to redirect to the source in the production library on the stage LPAR and continue the debug.

We just get the hard error in IBM i Debug in vs code. Is there a work around for this that would allow us to debug in VS Code?

[mkwan01]

For this scenario, we need a new feature to support additional source lookup path. The support need to be implemented in multiple levels. The base level support is in a different component (outside of IBM i debug service). We will continue to discuss with other teams to investigate a possible solution to implement this support in the future.