[MAPREDUCE-3716] java.io.File.createTempFile fails in map/reduce tasks

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.23.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.23.1
• Component/s: mrv2
• Target Version/s: 0.23.1
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: Fixing YARN+MR to allow MR jobs to be able to use java.io.File.createTempFile to create temporary files as part of their tasks.
• Assignee: Jonathan Turner Eagles
• Reporter: Jonathan Turner Eagles
• Created: 24/Jan/12 17:00
• Updated: 05/Mar/12 02:49
• Resolved: 31/Jan/12 02:25

Description

container-launch.sh specifies java option java.io.tmpdir when executing the java process for the child container but fails to create the tmpdir. All uses of createTempFile and other commands relying on java.io.tmpdir will fail when called from child container jvms.

Issue Links

• duplicates: MAPREDUCE-3844 Problem in setting the childTmpDir in MapReduceChildJVM