Environment value didn't get replaced in debug_server

[Windmill-City]

What kind of issue is this?

• PlatformIO Core.
  If you’ve found a bug, please provide an information below.

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Configuration

Operating system:
Windows
PlatformIO Version (platformio --version):
PlatformIO Core, version 5.1.1

Description of problem

I specipic debug_server like this

debug_server = 
    openocd 
    -f $PROJECT_PACKAGES_DIR/packages/tool-openocd/scripts/board/stm32f103zet6_warship.cfg

and get this

embedded:startup.tcl:26: Error: Can't find $PROJECT_PACKAGES_DIR/packages/tool-openocd/scripts/board/stm32f103zet6_warship.cfg

Steps to Reproduce

1. add above config line
2. run debug

Actual Results

embedded:startup.tcl:26: Error: Can't find $PROJECT_PACKAGES_DIR/packages/tool-openocd/scripts/board/stm32f103zet6_warship.cfg

Expected Results

successful running debug

If problems with PlatformIO Build System:

The content of platformio.ini:

[env:genericSTM32F103ZE]
platform = ststm32
board = genericSTM32F103ZE
framework = stm32cube
lib_deps = mincrmatt12/STM32Cube Middleware-FreeRTOS@10.0.1+f2-1.9.2.2
custom_freertos_config_location = Inc/FreeRTOSConfig.h
extra_scripts = upload_offset_env.py
; Upload Configs
upload_protocol = custom
upload_command = $PROJECT_PACKAGES_DIR/tool-openocd/bin/openocd $UPLOAD_FLAGS
upload_flags =
  -f
  ${platformio.packages_dir}/tool-openocd/scripts/board/stm32f103zet6_warship.cfg
  -c
  program .pio/build/genericSTM32F103ZE/firmware.bin $UPLOAD_OFFSET verify reset exit
; Debug Configs
debug_tool = custom
debug_server = 
    openocd 
    -f
    ${platformio.packages_dir}/tool-openocd/scripts/board/stm32f103zet6_warship.cfg
[platformio]
include_dir = Inc
src_dir = Src

Source file to reproduce issue:
it has successful built

Additional info

[ivankravets]

Could you try to replace $PROJECT_PACKAGES_DIR with ${platformio.packages_dir}? If it works for you, we will update our docs. See the other configuration variables https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf/section_platformio.html

[Windmill-City]

Could you try to replace $PROJECT_PACKAGES_DIR with ${platformio.packages_dir}? If it works for you, we will update our docs. See the other configuration variables https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf/section_platformio.html

; Debug Configs
debug_tool = custom
debug_server = 
    openocd 
    -f
    ${platformio.packages_dir}/tool-openocd/scripts/board/stm32f103zet6_warship.cfg

Processing genericSTM32F103ZE (platform: ststm32; board: genericSTM32F103ZE; framework: stm32cube)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reading symbols from E:\Codes\MCU\VSCode_MCU_Develop\.pio\build\genericSTM32F103ZE\firmware.elf...
done.
PlatformIO Unified Debugger -> http://bit.ly/pio-debug
PlatformIO: debug_tool = custom
PlatformIO: Initializing remote target...
Open On-Chip Debugger 0.10.0 (2021-03-01) [https://github.com/sysprogs/openocd]
Licensed under GNU GPL v2
libusb1 09e75e98b4d9ea7909e8837b7a3f00dda4589dc3
For bug reports, read
	http://openocd.org/doc/doxygen/bugs.html
embedded:startup.tcl:26: Error: Can't find $PROJECT_CORE_DIR/packages/tool-openocd/scripts/board/stm32f103zet6_warship.cfg
in procedure 'script' 
at file "embedded:startup.tcl", line 26

Still failing

[Windmill-City]

I success starting debugger by following

; Debug Configs
debug_tool = custom
debug_server = 
    openocd 
    -f
    ${platformio.core_dir}/packages/tool-openocd/scripts/board/stm32f103zet6_warship.cfg