Confusing error message when pig is running in mapreduce mode, but the conf does not specify a hdfs server ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: PIG-1898 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-1898 Project: Pig Issue Type: Improvement Affects Versions: 0.8.0 Environment: pig-0.8.0, windows xp, no hadoop cluster Reporter: Alexander Lehmann Priority: Minor When running a pig script in mapreduce mode without accessing a cluster, the last operation fails with a confusing error message, I assume that the path constructed would be accessible on a hdfs filesystem, but it doesn't make sense in the local filesystem. It would be better to give a error message or a warning at the start of the script that this may fail due to the missing hdfs reference. java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.InvalidInputException: Input path does not exist: file:/user/alex/pigsample_7169802_1299889140078 (/user/alex/ would be a valid home directory on a hdfs filesystem, but in the local filesystem, its wrong). -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira