I'm interested in this too, but could you tell me where to apply the patch and is the following the right command to write it:
<https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12416955/MAPREDUCE-336_0_20090818.patch>patch < MAPREDUCE-336_0_20090818.patch<https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12416955/MAPREDUCE-336_0_20090818.patch> Thank you, Mark On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Harsh J <ha...@cloudera.com> wrote: > Yes this is possible, and there's two ways to do this. > > 1. Use a distro/release that carries the > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-336 fix. This will let > you avoid work (see 2, which is same as your idea) > > 2. Configure your implementation's logger object's level in the > setup/setConf methods of the task, by looking at some conf prop to > decide the level. This will work just as well - and will also avoid > changing Hadoop's own Child log levels, unlike the (1) method. > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Mapred Learn <mapred.le...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I m trying to find out best way to add debugging in map- red code. > > I have System.out.println() statements that I keep on commenting and > uncommenting so as not to increase stdout size > > > > But problem is anytime I need debug, I Hv to re-compile. > > > > If there a way, I can define log levels using log4j in map-red code and > define log level as conf option ? > > > > Thanks, > > JJ > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > -- > Harsh J >