[SPARK-10711] Do not assume spark.submit.deployMode is always set

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.1, 1.6.0
• Component/s: SparkR
• Assignee: Hossein Falaki
• Reporter: Hossein Falaki
• Created: 18/Sep/15 22:24
• Updated: 29/Dec/15 09:10
• Resolved: 22/Sep/15 04:10

Description

in RRDD.createRProcess() we call RUtils.sparkRPackagePath(), which assumes "... that Spark properties `spark.master` and `spark.submit.deployMode` are set."

It is better to assume safe defaults if they are not set.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #8832 (falaki)