[IMPALA-5344] Frontend tests do not work with Java 8

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.8.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.10.0
• Component/s: Frontend
• Labels: flaky
• Environment: Ubuntu 16.04; Linux 4.4.0-24-generic #43-Ubuntu; java version "1.8.0_131"; Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_131-b11); Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.131-b11, mixed mode)
• Epic Color: ghx-label-8
• Assignee: Lars Volker
• Reporter: Jim Apple
• Created: 20/May/17 18:07
• Updated: 19/Jun/18 17:32
• Resolved: 29/Jun/17 04:28

Description

The frontend tests pass Under Oracle Java 7 but fail under Oracle Java 8.

$ grep -iE 'failures: [^0]' *.txt
org.apache.impala.analysis.AuthorizationTest.txt:Tests run: 72, Failures: 2, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 15.424 sec <<< FAILURE! - in org.apache.impala.analysis.AuthorizationTest
org.apache.impala.planner.PlannerTest.txt:Tests run: 53, Failures: 5, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 51.82 sec <<< FAILURE! - in org.apache.impala.planner.PlannerTest

Some failures look similar to IMPALA-3643.

Issue Links

• breaks: IMPALA-5600 Small cleanups left over from IMPALA-5344
• duplicates: IMPALA-3643 AuthorizationTest.java fails on dev machine
• is duplicated by: IMPALA-3644 PlannerTest.java fails when run with Java 8
• relates to: IMPALA-5365 Broken builds and tests when upgrading from Ubuntu 14.04 to Ubuntu 16.04