[AMQ-7517] bin/activemq sets ACTIVEMQ_CLASSPATH to likely non-existing directory $ACTIVEMQ_BASE/../lib

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 5.16.0, 5.15.12
• Component/s: Command Line Tools
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Vladimir Andreev
• Created: 16/Jul/20 12:33
• Updated: 02/Dec/20 16:18

Description

the bin/activemq script executes these lines by default (i.e. when none of the relevant environment variables are set):

  ACTIVEMQ_HOME="`getActiveMQHome`"
  ACTIVEMQ_BASE="$ACTIVEMQ_HOME"
ACTIVEMQ_CLASSPATH="$ACTIVEMQ_BASE/../lib/:$ACTIVEMQ_USER_CLASSPATH"

getActiveMQHome returns (effectively) the parent directory of the bin subdirectory, i.e., the root of the distribution tar file, so ACTIVEMQ_CLASSPATH ends up set to the a lib subdirectory which may or may not exist in the path where the user decided to extract the distribution tar file.

Meanwhile the lib subdirectory of the distribution ($ACTIVEMQ_BASE/lib) does not seem to be referenced anywhere in the script.

ActiveMQ does not seem to have any problem with that, though, so maybe this setting is not so important.