Index: src/c++/libhdfs/hdfs_test.c
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--- src/c++/libhdfs/hdfs_test.c	(revision 745966)
+++ src/c++/libhdfs/hdfs_test.c	(working copy)
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
         totalResult += (result ? 0 : 1);
     }
 
-    {
+    if (0) { // disable append tests in 0.19.x
       // TEST APPENDS
       const char *writePath = "/tmp/appends";