[HADOOP-11377] jdiff failing on java 7 and java 8, "Null.java" not found

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.6.0, 2.7.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.7.0
• Component/s: build

Environment

Java8 jenkins

• Target Version/s: 2.7.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Tsuyoshi Ozawa
• Reporter: Steve Loughran
• Created: 09/Dec/14 10:25
• Updated: 10/Apr/15 20:04
• Resolved: 04/Apr/15 20:49

Description

Jdiff is having problems on Java 8, as it cannot find a javadoc for the new Null datatype

'<https://builds.apache.org/job/Hadoop-common-trunk-Java8/ws/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/dev-support/jdiff/Null.java'>

The ' characters around the executable and arguments are
not part of the command.
  [javadoc] javadoc: error - Illegal package name: ""
  [javadoc] javadoc: error - File not found: "<https://builds.apache.org/job/Hadoop-common-trunk-Java8/ws/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/dev-support/jdiff/Null.java">

Issue Links

• is related to: HADOOP-11468 Remove Findbugs dependency from mvn package -Pdocs command
• relates to: HADOOP-11316 "mvn package -Pdist,docs -DskipTests -Dtar" fails because of non-ascii characters
• relates to: HADOOP-11776 jdiff is broken in Hadoop 2