[HADOOP-5647] TestJobHistory fails if /tmp/_logs is not writable to. Testcase should not depend on /tmp

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.20.203.0, 0.23.0
• Component/s: test
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: Removed dependency of testcase on /tmp and made it to use test.build.data directory instead.
• Assignee: Ravi Gummadi
• Reporter: Ravi Gummadi
• Created: 09/Apr/09 05:18
• Updated: 25/Aug/11 20:20
• Resolved: 08/Jun/11 06:07

Description

TestJobHistory sets /tmp as hadoop.job.history.user.location to check if the history file is created in that directory or not. If /tmp/_logs is already created by some other user, this test will fail because of not having write permission.