[SOLR-6993] install_solr_service.sh won't install on RHEL / CentOS

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.0, 6.0
• Fix Version/s: 5.0, 6.0
• Component/s: scripts and tools

Environment

RHEL 6.5 / CentOS 6.5

• Assignee: Timothy Potter
• Reporter: David Anderson
• Created: 18/Jan/15 04:37
• Updated: 09/May/16 18:48
• Resolved: 21/Jan/15 17:05

Description

There's a bug that will prevent install_solr_service.sh from working on RHEL / CentOS 6.5. It works on Ubuntu 14. Appears to be some obscure difference in bash expression evaluation behavior.

line 87 and 89: SOLR_DIR=${SOLR_INSTALL_FILE:0:-4}

blows up with this error:

./install_solr_service.sh: line 87: -4: substring expression < 0

this results in the archive not being extracted and rest of the script won't work.

I tested a simple change:
SOLR_DIR=${SOLR_INSTALL_FILE%.tgz}
and verified it works on both RHEL 6.5 and Ubuntu 14

Patch is attached. I set this to Major thinking that not being able to install on CentOS is worth fixing prior to release.