[kepler-dev] [Bug 5333] 2.2 rc3: getenv("") doesn't work for mac installation.

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5333

jianwu <jianwu at sdsc.edu> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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   Target Milestone|2.4.0                       |2.5.0

--- Comment #3 from jianwu <jianwu at sdsc.edu> 2012-06-18 17:02:55 PDT ---
One way work around is to set environment variables at
~/.MacOSX/environment.plist file. It works for Kepler 2.3. But if the file is
edited, the user has to log out and log in to make it effective. Another
drawback is that the file will be applicable to all *.app applications, not
just kepler.app.

I tried to edit /Applications/Kepler-2.3/Kepler.app/Contents/Info.plist to add
environment variables there. Ideally, it should work and is only applicable for
kepler.app. But Kepler cannot get them via getenv function. Not sure why.

More information can be found at
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPRuntimeConfig/Articles/EnvironmentVars.html.

It's not a critical bug for 2.4, so bump to 2.5.

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