when the hive_metastore recipe attempts to link /usr/lib/hive/lib/[jar] -> /usr/share/java/[connector-jar], it links to the wrong jar name:
broken link:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Aug 14 18:21 libmysql-java.jar -> /usr/share/java/libmysql-java.jar
installed jars:
dpkg -L libmysql-java | grep /usr/share/java.*.jar
/usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java-5.1.16.jar
/usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar
/usr/share/java/mysql.jar