Eclipse PyDev: setting breakpoints in site-packages source

Question

I am debugging a problem in Django with Pydev.
I can set breakpoint in my django project code with out a problem.
However I can't set breakpoints in the Django library source code (in site-packages).

The PyDev debugger user interface in this case simply does nothing when I click to set the breakpoint and does not break at that location when I run the debugger.

Am I missing some PyDev configuration? In other debuggers I have used, this behavior indicates a problem relating the debug information with the source code. Any ideas on next steps would be a help.

I also have the site-packages configured in PyDev to be in my PYTHONPATH

I am using Eclipse on Max OS X if that helps.

Thanks

Answer 1

Have you imported the Django source as a project? To do that you just create a new PyDev project and set it's location to the Django source folder.

Answer 2

Hey, this is timely! Eric Moritz just announced the release of an interesting new way to debug views using pdb called django-viewtools.

Answer 3

You might try instead the Python debugger pdb in this instance.

This is a helpful link describing it: http://www.ferg.org/papers/debugging_in_python.html

Answer 4

PyDev 1.5.5 seems to have an issue with Eclipse. Uninstall 1.5.5 and install the 1.5.4 version