[HADOOP-10133] winutils detection on windows-cygwin fails

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.0
• Component/s: fs

Environment

windows 7, cygwin

Release Note

line 250:
private static String HADOOP_HOME_DIR = checkHadoopHome();
this should be Final as it does not get initialized properly (HADOOP_HOME_DIR stays null during it's initialization)

• Assignee: Unassigned Assign to me
• Reporter: Franjo Markovic
• Created: 27/Nov/13 20:31
• Updated: 10/Jan/15 17:28
• Resolved: 04/Nov/14 15:58

Description

java.io.IOException: Could not locate executable null\bin\winutils.exe in the Hadoop binaries.
at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.getQualifiedBinPath(Shell.java:278)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.getWinUtilsPath(Shell.java:300)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.<clinit>(Shell.java:293)

Issue Links

• is related to: HADOOP-11464 Reinstate support for launching Hadoop processes on Windows using Cygwin.