Github user markhamstra commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/77#issuecomment-36659947
The standard maven build procedure should be to run `mvn -DskipTests
package` first (which builds the assembly) and then `mvn test`. The "Building
Spark with Maven" page should be updated to clearly explain that procedure.
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