[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-555?page=comments#action_12437685 ] Doug Cutting commented on HADOOP-555: -------------------------------------
I'm confused. Don't child processes inherit their parent's environment? They should. You should be able to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PATH, etc. in conf/hadoo-env.sh and these should be seen by the child. If that doesn't work, I think it's a bug that should be fixed. If it does work, is it sufficient? > Tasks should inherit some of the server's environment > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-555 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-555 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Owen O'Malley > > When the task trackers start up the Task process, they clear the environment > variables. It would be better if there was a SERVER config that listed the > names of the environment variables that would be copied from the server's > enviroment. > So the task tracker's config would have: > <property><name>mapred.task.environment</name> > <value>PATH,LD_LIBRARY_PATH</value></property> -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
