[IMPALA-9618] Usability issues with dev env setup.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Impala 4.0.0, Impala 3.4.1
• Component/s: Infrastructure
• Epic Color: ghx-label-12
• Assignee: Tim Armstrong
• Reporter: Tim Armstrong
• Created: 07/Apr/20 22:00
• Updated: 05/Feb/21 13:26
• Resolved: 09/Apr/20 15:45

Description

bootstrap_system.sh should be able to auto-detect IMPALA_HOME. The only reasonable default for IMPALA_HOME is the repository that the script is being run from. We should detect that, instead of defaulting to ~/Impala, which results in a weird error if you checked out Impala somewhere else.

We should be able to put the minicluster data directory in a different place from the source checkout, e.g. if you want to put it on a different disk.