From cb090791c3d16011665f0f56afd66bbce2a0e40f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Shuler <michael@pbandjelly.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:46:02 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Use portable stderr for java error in startup

---
 CHANGES.txt   | 1 +
 bin/cassandra | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 9ce8d49e68..a3de742433 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2.1.17
+ * Use portable stderr for java error in startup (CASSANDRA-13211)
  * Fix Thread Leak in OutboundTcpConnection (CASSANDRA-13204)
  * Coalescing strategy can enter infinite loop (CASSANDRA-13159)
  * Upgrade netty version to fix memory leak with client encryption (CASSANDRA-13114)
diff --git a/bin/cassandra b/bin/cassandra
index 4dca73e40c..957cc7de56 100755
--- a/bin/cassandra
+++ b/bin/cassandra
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ -z $JAVA ] ; then
-    echo Unable to find java executable. Check JAVA_HOME and PATH environment variables. > /dev/stderr
+    echo Unable to find java executable. Check JAVA_HOME and PATH environment variables. >&2
     exit 1;
 fi