Ronald, On 31-Dec-2011, at 6:46 AM, Ronald Petty wrote: > Hello, > > Can someone explain the different layouts in the following repos, > specifically regarding building from source? > > - http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/trunk/ > - http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/tags/release-1.0.0/ > > I am still learning my way around the source and repo and noticed on > http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToContribute it mentions you can build src > greater than .23 with Maven. I am not sure how to do that for the 1.0 > release. > > Maybe a similar questions is, if I was going to build the 1.0 release from > source, is that the correct tag? If so, what is the proper way to do it?
Use a latest version of Apache Ant, and run the 'ant package' target. That is the correct tag for the release, yes. Know, however, that 1.0 is a rename of the 0.20 branch and is not a greater version over 0.23. > > I have been able to build the trunk with Maven after a few tweaks. It > still seems to be missing a couple of items using -Pdist (conf directory > and examples.) > > I appreciate the help. > > Kindest regards. > > Ron