[HBASE-14220] nightly tests should verify src tgz generates and builds correctly

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0, 1.3.2, 2.0.0-alpha-2, 1.1.12, 2.0.0, 1.2.7
• Component/s: build
• Labels: beginner
• Assignee: Sean Busbey
• Reporter: Nick Dimiduk
• Created: 13/Aug/15 19:50
• Updated: 01/Jul/22 20:53
• Resolved: 06/Aug/17 17:25

Description

Twice at release time I've bumped into broken src tgz packaging. This is somewhat expected as builds tend to have dark, hidden corners. Let's add a check to our build bot so we find these issues earlier.

Issue Links

• relates to: HBASE-14219 src tgz no longer builds after HBASE-14085