[HIVE-12891] Hive fails when java.io.tmpdir is set to a relative location

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.0
• Assignee: Barna Zsombor Klara
• Reporter: Reuben Kuhnert
• Created: 20/Jan/16 01:27
• Updated: 21/Jul/17 17:45
• Resolved: 10/Nov/16 00:58

Description

The function SessionState.createSessionDirs fails when trying to create directories where java.io.tmpdir is set to a relative location.

\[SubtaskRunner] ERROR o.a.h.hive..ql.Driver - FAILED: IllegalArgumentException java.net.URISyntaxException: Relative path in absolute URI: file:./tmp/<user>/<guid>/hive_2015_12_11_09-12-25_352_4325234652356-1
...
Minor variations:
\[SubtaskRunner] ERROR o.a.h.hive..ql.Driver - FAILED: SemanticException Exception while processing Exception while writing out the local file 
o.a.h.hive.ql/parse.SemanticException: Exception while processing exception while writing out local file 
... 
caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: java.net.URISyntaxException: Relative path in absolute URI: file:./tmp/<user>/<guid>/hive_2015_12_11_09-12-25_352_4325234652356-1 
at o.a.h.fs.Path.initialize (206) 
at o.a.h.fs.Path.<init>(197)... 
at o.a.h.hive.ql.context.getScratchDir(267) 

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