[MNG-7188] Maven fails to start in Cygwin when installed with SDKMAN

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 3.8.1
• Component/s: Command Line
• Environment: Windows 10, Cygwin, SDKMAN
• Assignee: Michael Osipov
• Reporter: Davor Krtic
• Created: 15/Jul/21 10:58
• Updated: 21/Jul/21 23:10
• Resolved: 21/Jul/21 23:10

Description

 Exception:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\cygwin64\home\davor.krtic\.sdkman\candidates\maven\current\bin\m2.conf ...

current folder is a symlink which Windows doesn't recognize. (SDKMAN uses symlinks to manage different versions)

Changing the following line in the mvn script from:

MAVEN_HOME=`cd "$MAVEN_HOME" && pwd`

to:

MAVEN_HOME=`cd "$MAVEN_HOME" && pwd -P`

fixes the problem as it avoids symlinks.