[HADOOP-3335] 'make clean' in src/c++/libhdfs does 'rm -rf /*'

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.18.0
• Component/s: build
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Doug Cutting
• Reporter: Doug Cutting
• Created: 01/May/08 20:38
• Updated: 22/Aug/08 19:50
• Resolved: 05/May/08 21:47

Description

If 'make clean' is invoked from the command line in src/c++/libhdfs, rather than by the ant build, it tries to remove all files on your system. I just discovered this the hard way.