[HADOOP-12495] Fix posix_spawn error on OS X

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.7.1, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha1
• Component/s: util

Environment

OS X, JDK 1.7.0_67, 1.8, Turkish locale

• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change
• Release Note: When Hadoop JVMs create other processes on OS X, it will always use posix_spawn.
• Assignee: Allen Wittenauer
• Reporter: Allen Wittenauer
• Created: 20/Oct/15 20:11
• Updated: 12/May/16 18:27
• Resolved: 21/Oct/15 15:00

Description

OS X JDK has issues with localization that can cause util.Shell.run to fail. This is fixed in JDK9, but JDK7 and JDK8 are still broken.