[HADOOP-5002] 2 core tests TestFileOutputFormat and TestHarFileSystem are failing in branch 19

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.19.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.19.1

Environment

tests fail on my RHEL desktop in branch 19

• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: This patch solves the null pointer exception issue in the 2 core tests TestFileOutputFormat and TestHarFileSystem in branch 19.
• Assignee: Amareshwari Sriramadasu
• Reporter: Ravi Gummadi
• Created: 09/Jan/09 09:13
• Updated: 08/Jul/09 16:53
• Resolved: 21/Jan/09 06:31

Description

I see 2 of the core tests(TestHarFileSystem and TestFileOutputFormat) failing in branch 19. These are passing in branch 20 and in trunk.
I see nullpointer exceptions for the attempts of reducde tasks in the logs(for example, see the following):

2009-01-09 13:53:34,112 INFO mapred.TaskInProgress (TaskInProgress.java:updateStatus(484)) - Error from attempt_200901091353_0001_r_000000_0: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path.<init>(Path.java:61)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path.<init>(Path.java:50)
at org.apache.hadoop.tools.HadoopArchives$HArchivesReducer.configure(HadoopArchives.java:552)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setConf(ReflectionUtils.java:58)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:83)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask.run(ReduceTask.java:337)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Child.main(Child.java:155)