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Xuefu Zhang reopened HIVE-6175: ------------------------------- Actually this is still happening. Just that the error msg shows only once. {code} 0: jdbc:hive2://> set env:TERM=abc; 14/01/10 10:21:31 INFO operation.Operation: Putting temp output to file /tmp/xzhang/128c79ff-1fc3-42d0-bff9-e5423920a8275702730108678559605.pipeout env:* variables can not be set. 0: jdbc:hive2://> set env:TERM=abc; 0: jdbc:hive2://> set env:TERM=abc; 0: jdbc:hive2://> set env:TERM=abc; 0: jdbc:hive2://> {code} > At Beeline changine an env variable value doesn't result in an error message > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-6175 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-6175 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: CLI > Affects Versions: 0.10.0, 0.11.0, 0.12.0 > Reporter: Xuefu Zhang > Assignee: Xuefu Zhang > > By design, the value of an environment variable cannot be changed by Hive. > Hive CLI gives an error message if attempt is made: > {code} > hive> set env:TERM=abc; > env:* variables can not be set. > {code} > However, Beeline displays nothing: > {code} > 0: jdbc:hive2://> set env:TERM=abc; > 0: jdbc:hive2://> > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.5#6160)