[HDFS-16205] Make hdfs_allowSnapshot tool cross platform

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.4.0
• Component/s: hdfs-client, libhdfs++, tools
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Gautham Banasandra
• Reporter: Gautham Banasandra
• Due: 08/Sep/21
• Created: 01/Sep/21 15:38
• Updated: 05/Oct/21 14:36
• Resolved: 22/Sep/21 17:30

Description

The source files for hdfs_allowSnapshot uses getopt for parsing the command line arguments. getopt is available only on Linux and thus, isn't cross platform. We need to replace getopt with boost::program_options to make this cross platform.

Issue Links

• is a child of: HADOOP-17193 Compile Hadoop on Windows natively
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3388