[MAPREDUCE-4504] SortValidator writes to wrong directory

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.23.3, 3.0.0, 2.0.2-alpha
• Fix Version/s: 0.23.3, 2.0.2-alpha
• Component/s: mrv2
• Target Version/s: 0.23.3
• Assignee: Robert Joseph Evans
• Reporter: Robert Joseph Evans
• Created: 01/Aug/12 15:31
• Updated: 11/Oct/12 18:48
• Resolved: 01/Aug/12 23:23

Description

SortValidator tries to write to jobConf.get("hadoop.tmp.dir", "/tmp"), but it is not intended to be an HDFS directory. it should just be /tmp.

Issue Links

• is broken by: MAPREDUCE-4234 SortValidator.java is incompatible with multi-user or parallel use (due to a /tmp file with static name)