I think the reference of the 'JAVA_HOME environment variable' in the 'Required Software' section should be required -- I think that should suffice. It seems excessive :)
Thanks, Edward. On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Arun C Murthy (JIRA) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [ > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2993?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12588172#action_12588172 > ] > > Arun C Murthy commented on HADOOP-2993: > --------------------------------------- > > Edward, I have clarified in the 'Prepare' section that users need to set > JAVA_HOME in conf/hadoop-env.sh - does that suffice? > > > Specify which JAVA_HOME should be set > > ------------------------------------- > > > > Key: HADOOP-2993 > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2993 > > Project: Hadoop Core > > Issue Type: Improvement > > Components: documentation > > Affects Versions: site > > Environment: irrelevant---issue w/ web documentation > > Reporter: Jason Rennie > > Assignee: Arun C Murthy > > Fix For: 0.17.0 > > > > Attachments: 2993.patch, HADOOP-2993_1_20080411.patch > > > > > Original Estimate: 0.08h > > Remaining Estimate: 0.08h > > > > Quickstart page > > (http://hadoop.apache.org/core/docs/current/quickstart.html) specifies that > > user should set JAVA_HOME under "1." of "Required Software". But, it does > > not specify where this should be set. My instinct (as would be the > > instinct of any un*x user) was to set this in his/her shell/profie/rcfile. > > Please specify that this should be specified in conf/hadoop-env.sh. Yes, > > this is clarified later under "Download", but is easy to miss, especially > > since the user will think that he/she had already set JAVA_HOME. > > -- > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > - > You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. > > -- B. Regards, Edward J. Yoon
