Hi Monks;

I'm using MacOS Mavericks and iterm2.

I ssh in to a Linux box.

I have a simple perl script on which I want to use the built-in perl debugger (on the Linux box).

The perl version on the linux box is v5.8.8 (yes I know, ancient).

The problem: no output other than the debug prompt when I am inside the debugger.

Where does the problem lie?
5.8.8 perl debugger is broken?
iterm2 doesn't like the perl debugger?
The perl debugger output is being discarded by ssh?

I'm going to try to simplify the problem by using perl locally on the mac, but that is a very recent version (v5.16.2). If that works, I still don't know where to look to solve the problem.

Hints please.

Thanks,
Ken Wolcott

Status Update: This problem occurs on iterm2 on hte MacOS Mavericks box itself using the local perl version. So is this a problem with iterm2 or a configuration with iterm2?

Status Update #2: This problem does not occur using the Terminal provided with MacOS Mavericks, therefore it must be an Iterm2 problem and will pursue the issue there.

In reply to no output from debug prompt by kwolcott

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