[ARROW-6821] [C++][Parquet] Do not require Thrift compiler when building (but still require library)

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.17.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/23153
• Assignee: Neal Richardson
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 08/Oct/19 20:53
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:49
• Resolved: 10/Mar/20 00:47

Description

Building Thrift from source carries extra toolchain dependencies (bison and flex). If we check in the files produced by compiling parquet.thrift, then the EP can be simplified to only build the Thrift C++ library and not the compiler. This also results in a simpler build for third parties

Issue Links

• is related to: ARROW-7501 [C++] CMake build_thrift should build flex and bison if necessary
• relates to: ARROW-7501 [C++] CMake build_thrift should build flex and bison if necessary
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #6557