[ACCUMULO-914] Junit tests in eclipse fail due to Classloader poorly parsing classpath locations

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.2
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.3, 1.5.0
• Component/s: start

Environment

eclipse, ubuntu 12.04

• Assignee: John Vines
• Reporter: John Vines
• Created: 18/Dec/12 20:26
• Updated: 18/Dec/12 21:26
• Resolved: 18/Dec/12 20:41

Description

Accumulo uses $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/ext/[.*].jar to find files to watch. If ACCUMULO_HOME isn't set (like in a test environment such as eclipse), it drops the $ACCUMULO_HOME. From there, it ends up turning it into watching /lib. On OSX, which a majority of the developers here use, it's not an issue. However, watching /lib introduces a heapload of issues. I do not know why this does not affect mvn tests, I didn't dig into it.

I think if ACCUMULO_HOME isn't set, we should just ignore that directory (instead of inserting empty string for the portion).