[HADOOP-11655] Native compilation fails on Solaris due to use of getgrouplist function.

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed

Environment

Solaris 11.2

• Target Version/s: 2.8.0
• Release Note: Updating Solaris 11.2 to the latest SRU ( 17th Match 2015) fixes this issue
• External issue ID: 15399670 - SUNBT6561960 deliver getgrouplist API (was: Make _getgroupsbymember public)
• Assignee: Malcolm Kavalsky
• Reporter: Malcolm Kavalsky
• Created: 01/Mar/15 11:47
• Updated: 28/May/15 17:02
• Resolved: 28/May/15 17:02

Description

getgrouplist() does not exist in Solaris, thus preventing compilation of the native libraries.
The easiest solution would be to port this function from Linux or FreeBSD to Solaris and add it to the library if compiling for Solaris.