[HBASE-27745] Document protoc workarounds with Apple Silicon

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha-4
• Component/s: documentation
• Assignee: Peter Somogyi
• Reporter: Peter Somogyi
• Created: 23/Mar/23 12:16
• Updated: 24/Mar/23 19:43
• Resolved: 23/Mar/23 16:20

Description

Building hbase 2.x on Apple Silicon is difficult because there is no protoc library available.

ndimiduk added a solution in HBASE-27741 to use osx-x86_64 but it is also possible to build protoc locally and use that.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5139