[Patch] Command line environment variables are overwritten by /etc/default/josm

[skyper]

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Enter JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx256m -Djosm.home=/tmp/josm" josm in the console.

What is the expected result?

JOSM starts with appropriate assigned memory and JOSM dirs plus all environment variables set in /etc/default/josm and /usr/bin/josm

What happens instead?

All environment variables are present but the assigned memory value is taken from /etc/default/josm.

Please provide any additional information below. Attach a screenshot if possible.

Changing the order of the argument and the variable in /etc/default/josm seems to do the trick, e.g. JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Xmx768m" to JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx768m ${JAVA_OPTS}".

Relative:URL: ^/trunk
Repository:UUID: 0c6e7542-c601-0410-84e7-c038aed88b3b
Last:Changed Date: 2023-03-21 14:21:54 +0100 (Tue, 21 Mar 2023)
Revision:18698
Build-Date:2023-03-22 02:31:00
URL:https://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk

Identification: JOSM/1.5 (18698 en) Linux Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Memory Usage: 158 MB / 768 MB (41 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 17.0.6+10-Debian-1deb11u1, Debian, OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
VM arguments: [--module-path=/usr/share/openjfx/lib, --add-modules=java.scripting,java.sql,javafx.controls,javafx.media,javafx.swing,javafx.web, -Djosm.restart=true, -Djosm.dir.name=JOSM-latest, -Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true, -Djosm.home=<josm.pref>, --add-exports=java.base/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED, --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg=ALL-UNNAMED, --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.spi=ALL-UNNAMED]

[sebastic]

JAVA_OPTS is an environment variable, not a commandline argument.

Commandline arguments are passed after the -jar option using $@:

        $JAVACMD $JAVA_OPTS -jar "${JOSM_PATH}" "$@"

By default none of the options in /etc/default/josm are enabled:

$ cat /etc/default/josm 
# Options to pass to java when starting JOSM.
# Uncomment the JAVA_OPTS lines to enable their use by /usr/bin/josm

# Increase usable memory
#JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Xmx2048m"

# Enable OpenGL pipeline (2D graphic accelerators)
#JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Dsun.java2d.opengl=True"

Using the environment variable works in this case:

$ JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx4096m" bash -x /usr/bin/josm --status-report
[...]
+ '[' -f /etc/default/josm ']'
+ . /etc/default/josm
+ JAVA_OPTS='-Djosm.restart=true -Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true -Xmx4096m'
[...]
+ /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64/bin/java --module-path /usr/share/openjfx/lib --add-modules java.scripting,java.sql,javafx.controls,javafx.media,javafx.swing,javafx.web -Djosm.restart=true -Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true -Xmx4096m --add-exports=java.base/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.spi=ALL-UNNAMED -jar /usr/share/josm/josm.jar --status-report
Revision:18678
Is-Local-Build:false
Build-Date:2023-03-03 06:09:07
Debian-Release:0.0.svn18678+dfsg-1~exp1
Build-Name:Debian

Identification: JOSM/1.5 (18678 Debian en) Linux Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Memory Usage: 250 MB / 4096 MB (230 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 17.0.6+10-Debian-1, Debian, OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
[...]
VM arguments: [--module-path=/usr/share/openjfx/lib, --add-modules=java.scripting,java.sql,javafx.controls,javafx.media,javafx.swing,javafx.web, -Djosm.restart=true, -Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true, --add-exports=java.<user.name>e/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED, --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg=ALL-UNNAMED, --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.spi=ALL-UNNAMED]
Program arguments: [--status-report]
[...]

^{Annoyingly --status-report doesn't exit like --version and --help.}

Setting the same option in /etc/default/josm and the environment is conflicting:

$ grep ^JAVA_OPTS /etc/default/josm
JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Xmx2048m"
$ JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx4096m" bash -x /usr/bin/josm --status-report
[...]
+ '[' -f /etc/default/josm ']'
+ . /etc/default/josm
++ JAVA_OPTS='-Xmx4096m -Xmx2048m'
+ JAVA_OPTS='-Djosm.restart=true -Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true -Xmx4096m -Xmx2048m'
[...]
+ /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64/bin/java --module-path /usr/share/openjfx/lib --add-modules java.scripting,java.sql,javafx.controls,javafx.media,javafx.swing,javafx.web -Djosm.restart=true -Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true -Xmx4096m -Xmx2048m --add-exports=java.base/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.spi=ALL-UNNAMED -jar /usr/share/josm/josm.jar --status-report
Revision:18678
Is-Local-Build:false
Build-Date:2023-03-03 06:09:07
Debian-Release:0.0.svn18678+dfsg-1~exp1
Build-Name:Debian

Identification: JOSM/1.5 (18678 Debian en) Linux Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Memory Usage: 248 MB / 2048 MB (228 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 17.0.6+10-Debian-1, Debian, OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
[...]
VM arguments: [--module-path=/usr/share/openjfx/lib, --add-modules=java.scripting,java.sql,javafx.controls,javafx.media,javafx.swing,javafx.web, -Djosm.restart=true, -Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true, --add-exports=java.<user.name>e/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED, --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg=ALL-UNNAMED, --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.spi=ALL-UNNAMED]
Program arguments: [--status-report]
[...]

The last one is used as its value overwrites its predecessors.

I don't think this is a bug, either set the option in /etc/default/josm or set on the commandline.

A case can be made for prepending values to JAVA_OPTS like /usr/bin/josm to use value set by the user instead the one set by the administrator.

This patch could suffice:

diff --git a/native/linux/latest/etc/default/josm-latest b/native/linux/latest/etc/default/josm-latest
index ba09c29fc..dbd556ab6 100644
--- a/native/linux/latest/etc/default/josm-latest
+++ b/native/linux/latest/etc/default/josm-latest
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Uncomment the JAVA_OPTS lines to enable their use by /usr/bin/josm-latest
 
 # Increase usable memory
-#JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Xmx2048m"
+#JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx2048m ${JAVA_OPTS}"
 
 # Enable OpenGL pipeline (2D graphic accelerators)
-#JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Dsun.java2d.opengl=True"
+#JAVA_OPTS="-Dsun.java2d.opengl=True ${JAVA_OPTS}"
 
diff --git a/native/linux/tested/etc/default/josm b/native/linux/tested/etc/default/josm
index 8cd8127f3..b646c4f3e 100644
--- a/native/linux/tested/etc/default/josm
+++ b/native/linux/tested/etc/default/josm
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Uncomment the JAVA_OPTS lines to enable their use by /usr/bin/josm
 
 # Increase usable memory
-#JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Xmx2048m"
+#JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx2048m ${JAVA_OPTS}"
 
 # Enable OpenGL pipeline (2D graphic accelerators)
-#JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Dsun.java2d.opengl=True"
+#JAVA_OPTS="-Dsun.java2d.opengl=True ${JAVA_OPTS}"
 

[stoecker]

In 18699/josm:

fix #22833 - reorder arguments to allow manual override - patch by sebastic