[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-10715) "Path" Environment Variable in Launch Configuration is overridden with the text "native" by default

[Daniel Atallah (JIRA)]

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Daniel Atallah commented on JBIDE-10715:
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The "Append environment to native environment" vs. "Replace native environment with specified environment" radio buttons refer to the entire environment, not to specific individual environment variables.
 * With "Append...", any environment variables specified in the launch config will be appended to the set of environment variables inherited from the Eclipse process and given to the JBoss process.
 ** If a variable is explicitly specified in the launch configuration, it will override any inherited variable of the same name
 * With "Replace...", the only environment variables given to the JBoss process with be the ones explicitly specified in the launch configuration - none are inherited

You can see the effect on the Path (that is is overridden instead of appended to) by looking at "java.library.path" in the output of "showAll" in the "SystemProperties" MBean, but this doesn't give the full picture because other stuff messes with java.library.path and you don't see the rest of the environment variables.

I didn't see an easy way to dump the environment contents via the JMX console, but putting the following snippet in a JSP will do the trick:
{code}
<%
        for (java.util.Map.Entry<String,String> env : System.getenv().entrySet()) {
            System.out.format("%s=%s\n", env.getKey(), env.getValue());
        }
%>
{code}

                
> "Path" Environment Variable in Launch Configuration is overridden with the text "native" by default
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBIDE-10715
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-10715
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: JBossAS/Servers
>    Affects Versions: 3.3.0.M5
>         Environment: Windows 7 / Eclipse Indigo SR1 / JBoss 4.2.3
>            Reporter: Daniel Atallah
>            Assignee: Rob Stryker
>             Fix For: 3.3.0.Beta1
>
>         Attachments: JBIDE-10715.png
>
>
> When a new Launch configuration is created for a JBoss 4.2 Runtime server, the "Environment" tab contains an initial entry for the "Path" variable with a value of "native".
> This causes the Path of the launched process to be overridden and subsequently not work correctly if you depend on the System Path for anything.

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