[KARAF-3996] bin/karaf does not set ulimit if MAX_FD_LIMIT="unlimited"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.4, 2.3.11, 2.4.3, 4.0.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.12, 3.0.5, 2.4.4, 4.0.2
• Component/s: karaf

Environment

OSX Yosemite

• Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Onofré
• Reporter: Donald Hunter
• Created: 16/Sep/15 14:58
• Updated: 14/Sep/18 08:35
• Resolved: 25/Sep/15 05:55

Description

On OSX Yosemite, where ulimit -H -n returns unlimited, the bin/karaf script will not increase the ulimit. Even if I set MAX_FD, it gets ignored because the following line stops anything useful from happening:

if [ "$MAX_FD_LIMIT" != 'unlimited' ]; then