[HIVE-3018] Make the new header for RC Files introduced in HIVE-2711 optional

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.10.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Kevin Wilfong
• Reporter: Kevin Wilfong
• Created: 12/May/12 01:08
• Updated: 10/Jan/13 19:53
• Resolved: 13/May/12 17:14

Description

HIVE-2711 introduced a new header for RC files. This breaks a number of things, for example, copying data from a cluster running a post-HIVE-2711 version of Hive to a cluster running a pre-HIVE-2711 version of Hive.

Make this optional.