[REEF-239] Catch all Throwables when trying to create symlinks

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.11
• Component/s: REEF Runtime Local
• Assignee: Markus Weimer
• Reporter: Markus Weimer
• Created: 03/Apr/15 21:15
• Updated: 07/Apr/15 22:48
• Resolved: 07/Apr/15 22:48

Description

The local runtime tries to use symbolic links in lieu of file copies when it sets up the working directories for the Driver and Evaluators. This can fail on Windows when the user doesn't have symlink privileges. We account for that by catching IOException thrown by the symlink process and copying the files instead.

However, what I just found out is that it can also fail for Java internal reasons with an InternalException. We therefore should catch any Throwable instead of just IOException

Issue Links

• links to: #135