[HADOOP-5174] Pipes example throws NullPointerException on trunk when run with LocalJobRunner

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli
• Created: 05/Feb/09 12:15
• Updated: 08/Jul/09 16:41
• Resolved: 11/Feb/09 04:36

Description

Running the wordcount example (http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/C++WordCount) fails with the following exception when run with the LocalJobRunner:

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.pipes.Application.<init>(Application.java:91)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.pipes.PipesMapRunner.run(PipesMapRunner.java:68)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.runOldMapper(MapTask.java:344)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.run(MapTask.java:295)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.LocalJobRunner$Job.run(LocalJobRunner.java:140)
Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: Job failed!
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobClient.runJob(JobClient.java:1356)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.pipes.Submitter.runJob(Submitter.java:244)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.pipes.Submitter.run(Submitter.java:480)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.pipes.Submitter.main(Submitter.java:494)

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: MAPREDUCE-476 extend DistributedCache to work locally (LocalJobRunner)