···1+diff -Naur a/bin/elasticsearch-env b/bin/elasticsearch-env
2+--- a/bin/elasticsearch-env 2017-12-12 13:31:51.000000000 +0100
3++++ b/bin/elasticsearch-env 2017-12-18 19:51:12.282809695 +0100
4+@@ -19,18 +19,10 @@
5+ fi
6+ done
7+8+-# determine Elasticsearch home; to do this, we strip from the path until we find
9+-# bin, and then strip bin (there is an assumption here that there is no nested
10+-# directory under bin also named bin)
11+-ES_HOME=`dirname "$SCRIPT"`
12+-
13+-# now make ES_HOME absolute
14+-ES_HOME=`cd "$ES_HOME"; pwd`
15+-
16+-while [ "`basename "$ES_HOME"`" != "bin" ]; do
17+- ES_HOME=`dirname "$ES_HOME"`
18+-done
19+-ES_HOME=`dirname "$ES_HOME"`
20++if [ -z "$ES_HOME" ]; then
21++ echo "You must set the ES_HOME var" >&2
22++ exit 1
23++fi
24+25+ # now set the classpath
26+ ES_CLASSPATH="$ES_HOME/lib/*"