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Daryn Sharp commented on HADOOP-6605:
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bq. java_home is not a stable interface. It cannot be trusted to last, 
especially given the question marks that hang over Java on OS X.

This is not true. Apple engineers tell devs on their java-dev list to use 
java_home.  The following technote says to use java_home.  The utility was 
added in part so future non-system provided jvms don't monkey with system 
controlled directories.

http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#qa/qa1170/_index.html

> Add JAVA_HOME detection to hadoop-config
> ----------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HADOOP-6605
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6605
>             Project: Hadoop Common
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Chad Metcalf
>            Assignee: Eli Collins
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 0.22.0
>
>         Attachments: HADOOP-6605.patch, hadoop-6605-1.patch
>
>
> The commands that source hadoop-config.sh currently bail with an error if 
> JAVA_HOME is not set. Let's detect JAVA_HOME (from a list of locations on 
> various OS types) if JAVA_HOME is not already set by hadoop-env.sh or the 
> environment. This way users don't have to manually configure it.

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