[SOLR-17029] SOLR_OPTS and '-a' both break with quoted/escaped whitespace

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Chris M. Hostetter
• Created: 13/Oct/23 18:26
• Updated: 14/Dec/24 12:34

Description

It's basically impossible to use an quoted/escaped whitespace in SOLR_OPTS.

By the time java gets the args, the quoted/escaped whitespace has been treated as a break in the argument list, and the quote characters are treated as literals characters in the argument values...

$ SOLR_OPTS='-XX:-UseLargePages -Dfoo=bar -Dyak="white space"'  ./bin/solr start -f
Error: Could not find or load main class space"
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: space"

$ SOLR_OPTS="-XX:-UseLargePages -Dfoo=bar -Dyak=white\ space"  ./bin/solr start -f
Error: Could not find or load main class space
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: space

$ SOLR_OPTS='-XX:-UseLargePages -Dfoo=bar "-Dyak=white space"'  ./bin/solr start -f
Error: Could not find or load main class "-Dyak=white
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: "-Dyak=white

The same problem affects the -a option...

$ SOLR_OPTS='-XX:-UseLargePages -Dfoo=bar' ./bin/solr start -f -a '-Dyak="white space"'
Error: Could not find or load main class space"
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: space"

Issue Links

• relates to: SOLR-16757 Umbrella Ticket for Revamping Solr CLI's for the Future