Nevermind, discovered https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/HiveDeveloperFAQ#HiveDeveloperFAQ-HowdoIruntheclientpositive%2Fclientnegativeunittests%3F
cd itests/qtest mvn test -Dtest=TestCliDriver I still get failures, but at least now I can investigate Tests run: 1, Failures: 1, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 31.9 sec <<< FAILURE! - in org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.TestCliDriver initializationError(org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.TestCliDriver) Time elapsed: 0.005 sec <<< FAILURE! java.lang.AssertionError: null at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.QTestUtil.getHdfsUriString(QTestUtil.java:288) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.QTestUtil.convertPathsFromWindowsToHdfs(QTestUtil.java:276) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.QTestUtil.initConf(QTestUtil.java:233) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.QTestUtil.<init>(QTestUtil.java:317) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.TestCliDriver.<clinit>(TestCliDriver.java:39) From: Remus Rusanu [mailto:rem...@microsoft.com] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 2:30 PM To: dev@hive.apache.org Cc: Ashutosh Chauhan; Tony Murphy (HDINSIGHT); Eric Hanson (SQL SERVER) Subject: How do you run single query test(s) after mavenization? I'm trying to run as per the updated Contributing guide<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/HowToContribute#HowToContribute>: mvn test -Dtest=TestCliDriver "-Dqfile=vectorized_mapjoin.q" (The guide actually recommends -Dcase=TestCliDriver but using -Dcase executes all tests. In fact -Dtest=... is recommended just few lines above, I guess -Dcase=... is a typo) But the run succeeds w/o actually executing any query test (I tried removing -Dqfile= and does not make any difference). I attached the output of the mvn test -Dtest=TestCliDriver run, if it sheds any light. Thanks, ~Remus