Hi,
To build Hive on JDK 7 i have applied the below patch, unfortunately i am getting the serdeConstant error. if anybody faced same issue please let me know the solution. http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hive-commits/201212.mbox/%3c20121204231746.3266e2388...@eris.apache.org%3E My Environment: Hadoop 1.0.4 , Hive 0.9.0(current stable version), java 1.7 [echo] Project: jdbc [ivy:resolve] :: loading settings :: file = /home/hadoopuser/hadoop/hive/src/ivy/ivysettings.xml [ivy:report] Processing /home/hadoopuser/hadoop/hive/src/build/ivy/resolution-cache/org.apache.hive-hive-jdbc-default.xml to /home/hadoopuser/hadoop/hive/src/build/ivy/report/org.apache.hive-hive-jdbc-default.html ivy-retrieve: [echo] Project: jdbc compile: [echo] Project: jdbc [javac] Compiling 14 source files to /home/hadoopuser/hadoop/hive/src/build/jdbc/classes [javac] /home/hadoopuser/hadoop/hive/src/jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/jdbc/HiveQueryResultSet.java:33: error: cannot find symbol [javac] import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde.serdeConstants; [javac] ^ [javac] symbol: class serdeConstants [javac] location: package org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde [javac] /home/hadoopuser/hadoop/hive/src/jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/jdbc/HiveQueryResultSet.java:105: error: cannot find symbol [javac] props.setProperty(serdeConstants.LIST_COLUMNS, names); [javac] ^ [javac] symbol: variable serdeConstants [javac] location: class HiveQueryResultSet [javac] /home/hadoopuser/hadoop/hive/src/jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/jdbc/HiveQueryResultSet.java:109: error: cannot find symbol [javac] props.setProperty(serdeConstants.LIST_COLUMN_TYPES, types); [javac] ^ [javac] symbol: variable serdeConstants [javac] location: class HiveQueryResultSet [javac] Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API. [javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details. [javac] Note: /home/hadoopuser/hadoop/hive/src/jdbc/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/jdbc/HiveDatabaseMetaData.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations. [javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details. [javac] 3 errors BUILD FAILED /home/hadoopuser/hadoop/hive/src/build.xml:302: The following error occurred while executing this line: /home/hadoopuser/hadoop/hive/src/build.xml:152: The following error occurred while executing this line: /home/hadoopuser/hadoop/hive/src/jdbc/build.xml:61: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details. -- *Thanks & Regards, RajKishore*