Github user kkhatua commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/1239#discussion_r184153040
--- Diff: distribution/src/resources/yarn-drillbit.sh ---
@@ -175,4 +209,11 @@ fi
echo "`date` Starting drillbit on `hostname` under YARN, logging to
$DRILLBIT_LOG_PATH"
echo "`ulimit -a`" >> "$DRILLBIT_LOG_PATH" 2>&1
-"$DRILL_HOME/bin/runbit" exec
+# Run in background
+"$DRILL_HOME/bin/runbit" exec &
--- End diff --
The process is momentarily in the background to capture the PID. We
eventually wait for it. Are you saying that a process will not continue to run
because it is in the background??
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