[HADOOP-696] TestTextInputFormat fails on some platforms due to non-determinism in format.getSplits()

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.0
• Component/s: test
• Assignee: Sameer Paranjpye
• Reporter: Sameer Paranjpye
• Created: 08/Nov/06 22:18
• Updated: 01/Dec/06 22:43
• Resolved: 10/Nov/06 19:25

Description

TestTextInputFormat depends on format.getSplits() returning splits in the order they were created. On a local filesystem getSplits() depends on File.list(), the order produced by which is non-deterministic. This causes the test to fail on some platforms.