[HADOOP-17044] Revert "HADOOP-8143. Change distcp to have -pb on by default"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.3, 3.3.0, 3.2.1, 3.1.3
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.4, 3.2.2, 3.3.1
• Component/s: tools/distcp
• Release Note: Distcp block size is not preserved by default, unless -pb is specified. This restores the behavior prior to Hadoop 3.
• Assignee: Steve Loughran
• Reporter: Steve Loughran
• Created: 15/May/20 13:05
• Updated: 10/Jun/21 07:56
• Resolved: 15/May/20 13:10

Description

revert the HADOOP-8143. "distcp -pb as default" feature as it was

• breaking s3a uploads
• breaking incremental uploads to any object store

Issue Links

• supercedes: HADOOP-8143 Change distcp to have -pb on by default
• supercedes: HADOOP-14557 Document HADOOP-8143 (Change distcp to have -pb on by default)