From b75ca07e8e2abaf4448cbf91cfff2ca3e7df44ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Juan=20Mart=C3=ADn=20Sotuyo=20Dodero?=
 <juansotuyo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 04:14:21 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Allow symlinking the run script

---
 pmd-dist/src/main/scripts/run.sh | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pmd-dist/src/main/scripts/run.sh b/pmd-dist/src/main/scripts/run.sh
index 9a5ce0d3e0..dfda65642c 100755
--- a/pmd-dist/src/main/scripts/run.sh
+++ b/pmd-dist/src/main/scripts/run.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ java_heapsize_settings() {
 
 set_lib_dir() {
   if [ -z ${LIB_DIR} ]; then
-    local script_dir=$(dirname "${0}")
+    # Allow for symlinks to this script
+    local script_real_loc=$(realpath "$0")
+    local script_dir=$(dirname "${script_real_loc}")
     local cwd="${PWD}"
 
     cd "${script_dir}/../lib"

From 1cbae7f1e99df5be6b31644c31793b19d361eee0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Juan=20Mart=C3=ADn=20Sotuyo=20Dodero?=
 <juansotuyo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 04:15:08 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update changelog, refs #1272

---
 docs/pages/release_notes.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index bb034cc5b5..8a924aee6b 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ as comments are recognized as such and ignored.
 
 ### Fixed Issues
 
+*   all
+    *   [#1272](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1272): \[core] Could not find or load main class when using symlinked run.sh
 *   java
     *   [#1330](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1330): \[java] PMD crashes with java.lang.ClassFormatError: Absent Code attribute in method that is not native or abstract in class file javax/xml/ws/Service
 *   java-bestpractices

From 5b736feefd2dd54e008b518a4269078dc73dd634 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Juan=20Mart=C3=ADn=20Sotuyo=20Dodero?=
 <juansotuyo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 04:54:18 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Don't depend on realpath being installed

---
 pmd-dist/src/main/scripts/run.sh | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pmd-dist/src/main/scripts/run.sh b/pmd-dist/src/main/scripts/run.sh
index dfda65642c..79e4ef609e 100755
--- a/pmd-dist/src/main/scripts/run.sh
+++ b/pmd-dist/src/main/scripts/run.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ java_heapsize_settings() {
 set_lib_dir() {
   if [ -z ${LIB_DIR} ]; then
     # Allow for symlinks to this script
-    local script_real_loc=$(realpath "$0")
+    if [ -L $0 ]; then
+      local script_real_loc=$(readlink "$0")
+    else
+      local script_real_loc=$0
+    fi
     local script_dir=$(dirname "${script_real_loc}")
     local cwd="${PWD}"