Index: openmpi1.6-1.6.3/orte/tools/orte-bootproxy/orte-bootproxy.sh
===================================================================
--- openmpi1.6-1.6.3.orig/orte/tools/orte-bootproxy/orte-bootproxy.sh	2012-04-03 16:30:31.000000000 +0200
+++ openmpi1.6-1.6.3/orte/tools/orte-bootproxy/orte-bootproxy.sh	2012-11-07 15:44:16.847838743 +0100
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2009      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 #
 
-if (( $# < 1 )) ; then
+if test $# -lt 1; then
     echo "orte-bootproxy.sh: for OMPI internal use only"
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -69,12 +69,13 @@
 fi
 
 # push all MCA params to the environment
-while [ "${var:0:5}" = "OMPI_" ]; do
-    if [ "${var:5:6}" = "PREFIX" ]; then
-        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${var:12}"/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-        export PATH="${var:12}"/bin:$PATH
-    elif [ "${var:5:4}" = "WDIR" ]; then
-        cd "${var:10}"
+while [ "$(echo $var | awk  '{ string=substr($0, 1, 5); print string; }' )" = "OMPI_" ]; do
+    if [ "$(echo $var | awk  '{ string=substr($0, 6, 6); print string; }' )" = "PREFIX" ]; then
+        TMP_PATH=$(echo $var | awk  '{ string=substr($0, 1, 12); print string; }' )
+        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$TMP_PATH"/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+        export PATH="$TMP_PATH"/bin:$PATH
+    elif [ "$(echo $var | awk  '{ string=substr($0, 5, 4); print string; }' )" = "WDIR" ]; then
+        cd "$(echo $var | awk  '{ string=substr($0, 1, 10); print string; }' )"
     else
         export $var
     fi