Peter D Kirchner created HADOOP-12300: -----------------------------------------
Summary: BUILDING.txt instructions for skipping tests incomplete/obsolete, build can fail. Key: HADOOP-12300 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-12300 Project: Hadoop Common Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.6.0, 2.5.0 Environment: maven 3.2.3 + Reporter: Peter D Kirchner Instructions currently online, and within the hadoop source tree, appear to be incomplete/obsolete for building the source. I checked 2.5.0 and 2.6.0 . with "mvn install -DskipTests" my build fails on multiple hadoop src/test sub-directories with: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:testCompile (default-testCompile)... This compile failure may be related to my jdk/jre, but why is my build ("mvn install -DskipTests") compiling these tests? The pom.xml files are using the maven-compiler-plugin to compile some of the tests instead of surefire. The maven-compiler-plugin is unaffected by -DskipTests and per maven documentation requires -Dmaven.test.skip instead, which the surefire plugin also obeys. Building with mvn install -Dmaven.test.skip completes in my environment. I suggest a "major" rating because of the impact on users of the source tarballs. IMO the build instructions in the tarball and online (e.g. https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/EclipseEnvironment ) should work reliably. Thanks! -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)