[ARROW-11501] [C++] endianness check does not work on Solaris

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/27379
• Assignee: Neal Richardson
• Reporter: Neal Richardson
• Created: 04/Feb/21 22:18
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:20
• Resolved: 23/Feb/21 09:51

Description

In file included from /export/home/XXVfZhv/Rtemp/RtmpoK9Cps/file3f4a341e5d8f/cpp/src/arrow/type_traits.h:26:0,
from /export/home/XXVfZhv/Rtemp/RtmpoK9Cps/file3f4a341e5d8f/cpp/src/arrow/scalar.h:36,
from /export/home/XXVfZhv/Rtemp/RtmpoK9Cps/file3f4a341e5d8f/cpp/src/arrow/datum.h:28,
from /export/home/XXVfZhv/Rtemp/RtmpoK9Cps/file3f4a341e5d8f/cpp/src/arrow/dataset/expression.h:32,
from /export/home/XXVfZhv/Rtemp/RtmpoK9Cps/file3f4a341e5d8f/cpp/src/arrow/dataset/dataset.h:28,
from /export/home/XXVfZhv/Rtemp/RtmpoK9Cps/file3f4a341e5d8f/cpp/src/arrow/dataset/dataset.cc:18:
/export/home/XXVfZhv/Rtemp/RtmpoK9Cps/file3f4a341e5d8f/cpp/src/arrow/util/bit_util.h:26:42: 
fatal error: endian.h: No such file or directory

Googling the error message shows some known issues and workarounds for this on Solaris, e.g.:

• https://github.com/Sereal/Sereal/issues/139
• https://gitlab.torproject.org/legacy/trac/-/issues/11426

cc kiszk

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #9549