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nkeywal commented on HBASE-4634: -------------------------------- that's an error I missed in my patch. Ok to refresh. On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:51 PM, stack (Commented) (JIRA) > "test.build.data" property overused leading to write data at the wrong place > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-4634 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-4634 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Bug > Components: test > Affects Versions: 0.92.0 > Environment: all > Reporter: nkeywal > Assignee: nkeywal > Attachments: 2011020_4634_all.patch, > 20111020_4639_TestStoreFile.patch, 20111021_4634_all.v2.patch, > 20111022_4634_all.v3.patch, 20111023_4634_all.v4.patch > > > "test.build.data" is overloaded in HBase.At the beginning, it's the "Default > parent directory for test output.", but then it's rewritten to be the > directory itself in functions like HBaseTestingUtility#startMiniDFSCluster > It seems that this value is already used by MiniDFS (i.e. outside of HBase): > "Name is as it is because mini dfs has hard-codings to put test data here." > As it is today, there is at least a bug in HBaseTestingUtility: > {noformat} > public void initTestDir() { > if (System.getProperty(TEST_DIRECTORY_KEY) == null) { > clusterTestBuildDir = setupClusterTestBuildDir(); > System.setProperty(TEST_DIRECTORY_KEY, clusterTestBuildDir.getPath()); > } > } > {noformat} > if you set a value for "test.build.data", the test dir will be the parent > directory and not a temp subdir, leading to issues as multiple tests will > end-ups in the same (bad) directory. This function is barely used today, > hence it's not visible, but I would like to use it in some new code. > A possible fix is to remove the check for null and continue with the > overloading, but I don't think it would be a big issue to create a new > key(like "test.build.data.rootdirectory") specific to the root directory and > to use "test.build.data" only to communicate with MiniDFS. Feedback welcome. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira