Github user patrungel commented on the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/8669#issuecomment-150209426 The change aims to make spark binaries launch properly when symlinked, not just to avoid setting `SPARK_HOME`. As of current master, ```SPARK_HOME``` value is overwritten in launchers by a ``` export SPARK_HOME="$(cd "`dirname "$0"`"/..; pwd)" ``` which is generically wrong and does not work for a symlinked set-up. This behaviour prohibits proper ( = with alternatives) installations/packaging. So, if 'resolve this as wont-fix' refers to the issue, I beg to differ (this discussion should rather be moved to the ticket then). If it refers just to the change suggested, I don't protest it.
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