[HDFS-6189] Multiple HDFS tests fail on Windows attempting to use a test root path containing a colon.

• Type: Test
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.0, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.1
• Component/s: test
• Target Version/s: 2.5.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Chris Nauroth
• Reporter: Chris Nauroth
• Created: 03/Apr/14 12:31
• Updated: 12/May/16 18:13
• Resolved: 04/Apr/14 20:39

Description

Some HDFS tests are attempting to use a test root path based on the test.root.dir that we've defined for use on the local file system. This doesn't work on Windows because of the drive spec, i.e. C:. HDFS rejects paths containing a colon as invalid.

Issue Links

• is broken by: HDFS-3128 Unit tests should not use a test root in /tmp