[Zope-Coders] Re: [ZC] 586/ 2 Resolve "start script not setting INSTANCE_HOME"

[Chris McDonough]

INSTANCE_HOME was never set in any revision of any Zope-generated
'start' script.  Lots of magic goes on to infer SOFTWARE_HOME, but
INSTANCE_HOME needs to be specified as an ennvar.

- C



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Subject: RE: [ZC] 586/ 2 Resolve "start script not setting
INSTANCE_HOME"


> Hmm... well, I don't know what to think of that. I do know that if
you take
> the 2.6b1 start script and change INST_HOME to INSTANCE_HOME, it
works great
> for in-place zopes and only requires retargeting of z2.py for
separate
> instances. I've never had to set SOFTWARE_HOME. Perhaps it is
inferred
> correctly within z2.py?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Collector: Zope Bugs, Features, and Patches ...
> > [mailto:zope-coders@zope.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:34 PM
> > To: Charlie Reiman; mcdonc; klm; Brian; chrism; Caseman;
_Resolved_
> > recipient
> > Subject: [ZC] 586/ 2 Resolve "start script not setting
INSTANCE_HOME"
> >
> >
> > Issue #586 Update (Resolve) "start script not setting
INSTANCE_HOME"
> >  Status Resolved, Zope/bug medium
> > To followup, visit:
> >   http://collector.zope.org/Zope/586
> >
> > ==============================================================
> > = Resolve - Entry #2 by mcdonc on Sep 27, 2002 1:33 am
> >
> >  Status: Pending => Resolved
> >
> > Actually, the script should not set INSTANCE_HOME at all.  The
> > default 'start' script is always meant to be run from a
> > SOFTWARE_HOME.  If you need to run in an INSTANCE_HOME setup,
you
> > need to specify both SOFTWARE_HOME and INSTANCE_HOME in a
> > (custom) 'start' script.
> >
> > The references to INST_HOME in this script have been around
since
> > Dec. 12, 2000.  I'm baffled by why this script exports
INST_HOME.
> >  It only does so if the Python version you're running is a 2.X
> > version, otherwise it references 'PYTHONHOME' instead.  There's
a
> > cryptic comment in the code that generates the script something
> > to the effect that "PYTHONHOME is bad under 2.X".   Shrug.
> >
> > INST_HOME appears nowhere else in the Zope source, so I've
> > removed references to it from the script generator under the 2.6
> > and trunk Zope branches.  The references won't appear in the
> > start script anymore, hopefully preventing any confusion.
> >
> > Thanks for the report!
> >
> > - C
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > = Request - Entry #1 by Anonymous User on Sep 24, 2002 8:26 pm
> >
> > The start script as generated by make_instance sets INST_HOME,
> > not INSTANCE_HOME. So new instances will end up use the old
> > database. This is immediately obvious but it should be fixed.
> > ==============================================================
> >
> >
>
>