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ASF GitHub Bot commented on HIVE-12261: --------------------------------------- GitHub user thejasmn opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/51 HIVE-12261 You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/thejasmn/hive HIVE-12261 Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/51.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #51 ---- commit 9728b203cce09d56ce2417c5023f56e8ef061dea Author: thejas nair <the...@hortonworks.com> Date: 2015-10-25T07:04:12Z Merge pull request #3 from apache/master x commit 31adb2b220967667cd06ea77dcd53b37003552fb Author: Thejas Nair <the...@hortonworks.com> Date: 2015-10-25T06:56:38Z HIVE-12261 ---- > schematool version info exit status should depend on compatibility, not > equality > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-12261 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-12261 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Metastore > Affects Versions: 1.3.0, 2.0.0 > Reporter: Thejas M Nair > Assignee: Thejas M Nair > Attachments: HIVE-12261-branch-1.0.0.patch, HIVE-12261-branch-1.patch > > > Newer versions of metastore schema are compatible with older versions of > hive, as only new tables or columns are added with additional information. > HIVE-11613 added a check in hive schematool -info command to see if schema > version is equal. > However, the state where db schema version is ahead of hive software version > is often seen when a 'rolling upgrade' or 'rolling downgrade' is happening. > This is a state where hive is functional and returning non zero status for it > is misleading. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)