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[13:44:09 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> which would probably be reasonable
[13:44:16 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> so go into org.jasig.portal.portlet.container.PortletRequestContextImpl.setAttribute(PortletRequestContextImpl.java:169)
[13:44:23 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> and change the throw
[13:44:26 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> to a logger.debug
[13:44:30 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> and a return
[13:44:47 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> that will have the desired effect of not letting portlets touch those attributes
[13:45:01 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> and let spring's restore process work