From: Jim Procter <jprocter@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:40:46 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: JAL-3631 - report that an additional flag might be needed if we didn't manage to... 
X-Git-Tag: Release_2_11_4_0~20^2~17
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b6d1c1df1e69f194c9fcf62871c4bf287eafad94;p=jalview.git

JAL-3631 - report that an additional flag might be needed if we didn't manage to get an appDir
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diff --git a/getdown/src/getdown/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/EnvConfig.java b/getdown/src/getdown/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/EnvConfig.java
index a43b1dd..7eb32df 100644
--- a/getdown/src/getdown/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/EnvConfig.java
+++ b/getdown/src/getdown/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/EnvConfig.java
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ public final class EnvConfig {
 
         // ensure that we were able to find an app dir
         if (appDir == null) {
+            if (!SysProps.noUpdate()) {
+              notes.add(Note.error("No appDir could be determined. You may need to set -Dsilent=noupdate -Dno"+USER_DEFAULT_APPDIR_PROPERTY));
+            }
             return null; // caller will report problem to user
         }