The alter_partitions method of hive2.1.1 cannot be used to modify partition information of hive1.1.0

public static void descFormatTable(String dbName, String tableName) {  
      try {    
          String confPath = "hive-site.xml";    
          HiveConf hc = new HiveConf();     
          hc.addResource(confPath);     
          HiveMetaStoreClient hmsc = new HiveMetaStoreClient(hc);                  
          hmsc.alter_partitions(dbName, tableName, list);

         } catch (TException e) {            
                    e.printStackTrace();       
                } 
 }