[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #3462: Allow setting environment variables in grass startup script

[GRASS GIS]

#3462: Allow setting environment variables in grass startup script
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 Reporter:  mankoff  |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
     Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:
Component:  Default  |    Version:  7.2.2
 Keywords:           |        CPU:  Unspecified
 Platform:  MacOSX   |
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 In the grass72 startup script, in the function `def bash_startup(location,
 location_name, grass_env_file):`

 These lines exist:

 {{{
         for line in readfile(env_file).splitlines():
             if not line.startswith('export'):
               f.write(line + '\n')
 }}}


 If I comment out the 2nd line (and fix the indentation for the 3rd line
 because this is Python), then I can add `export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=...` in
 either `~/.grass.bashrc` or `~/.grass7/bashrc` and this fixes various
 GRASS issues on OS X relating to the temporal framework.

 Why does the startup script ignores `export` statements from the GRASS
 config file? Is there a problem if I change this behavior?

 In more detail, this is not an issue with Fink installations, but is with
 MacPorts. Fink installs an OS X Application: GRASS.app. Deep in the app I
 found a Makefile that seems to tell GRASS.app to respect
 `GRASS_LD_LIBRARY_PATH`. The Macports version does not install an app, and
 does not respect the `GRASS_LD_LIBRARY_PATH` variable. For some reason,
 shell-level `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` and `DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH`'s are also not
 respected (perhaps due to SIP?).

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3462>
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