[PIG-3660] Pig fails without writing log file if script contains %default $varName 'X'

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.11
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Lukas Nalezenec
• Created: 09/Jan/14 13:39
• Updated: 09/Jan/14 13:39

Description

%default $varName 'X' Is not legal pig latin command. The variable should not contain "$", correct command is %default varName 'X' . Pig in case writes this to command line:

2014-01-09 13:56:07,100 [main] INFO org.apache.pig.Main - Apache Pig version 0.11.0-cdh4.3.1 (rexported) compiled Aug 14 2013, 03:46:24
2014-01-09 13:56:07,100 [main] INFO org.apache.pig.Main - Logging error messages to: /tmp/pig_1389272167098.log

But fails without even creating the log file.