[HIVE-13030] Javadocs issue: Hive HCatalog build failed with IBM JDK 1.8 during Maven release

• Type: Bug
• Status: Patch Available
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.1
• Component/s: HCatalog, Hive, WebHCat
• Labels: HCatlog Hive IBM Java WebHCat build javadocs maven release

Environment

Hive 1.2.1 + IBM JDK 1.8 + s390x architecture

• Target Version/s: 1.2.1
• Assignee: Devendra Vishwakarma
• Reporter: Devendra Vishwakarma
• Due: 09/Feb/16
• Created: 09/Feb/16 10:42
• Updated: 21/Oct/22 07:31

Description

When building Hive with IBM JDK1.8, the maven release build is failing because of missing javadocs in Hive HCatolog webhcat module.

All the errors are related to missing javadocs-
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] Hive HCatalog Webhcat ............................. FAILURE [12.229s]
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] Hive HCatalog Streaming ........................... SKIPPED
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] Hive HWI .......................................... SKIPPED
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] Hive ODBC ......................................... SKIPPED
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] Hive Shims Aggregator ............................. SKIPPED
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] Hive TestUtils .................................... SKIPPED
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] Hive Packaging .................................... SKIPPED
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] BUILD FAILURE
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] Total time: 4:10.477s
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] Finished at: Wed Feb 03 10:55:18 PST 2016
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] Final Memory: 79M/377M
10:55:17 [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
10:55:17 [INFO] [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:2.4:jar (attach-javadocs) on project hive-webhcat: Error while creating archive:Exit code: 1 - /a/workspace/<Jenkins-Job-Name>/hcatalog/webhcat/svr/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/hcatalog/templeton/AppConfig.java:353: warning: no @return
10:55:17 [INFO] [ERROR] public Collection<String> hiveProps() {
10:55:17 [INFO] [ERROR] ^
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There are lots of such errors coming in HCatlog package.