[PIG-2458] Can't have spaces in parameter substitution

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.2, 0.11
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.2, 0.10.0, 0.11
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Jonathan Coveney
• Reporter: Jonathan Coveney
• Created: 06/Jan/12 01:47
• Updated: 28/Apr/12 00:05
• Resolved: 07/Jan/12 01:49

Description

I believe that there is a regression. We can no longer do the following:

bin/pig -x local -p THING="other thing"

as is, I can't seem to escape this to make it work, either, which is worse than in the other issue.

I am testing a patch that should fix this.

Issue Links

• is related to: PIG-2674 Document how parameter values that contain spaces can be passed to Pig
• relates to: PIG-2162 bin/pig should not modify user args