[HADOOP-12300] BUILDING.txt instructions for skipping tests incomplete/obsolete, build can fail.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 2.5.0, 2.6.0

Environment

maven 3.2.3 +

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Peter D Kirchner
• Created: 04/Aug/15 15:59
• Updated: 06/Aug/15 18:43
• Resolved: 04/Aug/15 17:04

Description

Instructions currently online, and within the hadoop source tree, appear to be incomplete/obsolete for building the source. I checked 2.5.0 and 2.6.0 .

with "mvn install -DskipTests" my build fails on multiple hadoop src/test sub-directories with:
Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:testCompile (default-testCompile)...
This compile failure may be related to my jdk/jre, but why is my build ("mvn install -DskipTests") compiling these tests?

The pom.xml files are using the maven-compiler-plugin to compile some of the tests instead of surefire. The maven-compiler-plugin is unaffected by -DskipTests and per maven documentation requires -Dmaven.test.skip instead, which the surefire plugin also obeys.

Building with
mvn install -Dmaven.test.skip
completes in my environment.

I suggest a "major" rating because of the impact on users of the source tarballs. IMO the build instructions in the tarball and online (e.g. https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/EclipseEnvironment ) should work reliably.
Thanks!

Issue Links

• duplicates: HADOOP-11968 BUILDING.txt is still unclear about the need to build hadoop-maven-plugins first
• relates to: HADOOP-10847 Remove the usage of sun.security.x509.* in testing code