Bobby, Thanks a lot for your clarification. Yes as you said it is just a template, but it may be quite confusing to new users while configuring. I have raised the Issue <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8575>, in case you might want to have a look.Thanks
Also I wanted to know is there a good source where I can look upto for running a multi-node 2nd generation Hadoop ? All I find is 1st generation Hadoop setup. On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Robert Evans <ev...@yahoo-inc.com> wrote: > That may be something that we missed, as I have been providing my own > marped-site.xml for quite a while now. Have you tried it with branch-2 or > trunk to see if they are providing it? In either case it is just going to > be a template for you to fill in, but it would be nice to package that > template for our users to follow. If you want to file a JIRA for that it > would be good, but I don't know how quickly we will be able to get around > to doing it. > > --Bobby Evans > > On 7/5/12 7:23 PM, "Pavan Kulkarni" <pavan.babu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > I downloaded the Hadoop-0.23.3 source and tweaked a few classes and > >when I built the binary distribution and untar'd it .I don't see the > >mapred-site.xml > >file in the /etc/hadoop directory. But by the details given on how to run > >the > >Hadoop-0.23.3 the mapred-site.xml needs to be configured right? > > > > So I was just wondering if we are supposed to create the mapred-site.xml > >, or > >it doesn't exist at all? Thanks > > > >-- > > > >--With Regards > >Pavan Kulkarni > > -- --With Regards Pavan Kulkarni