[IMPALA-3191] toolchain cmake hangs on sles12

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: impala 2.3
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.6.0
• Component/s: Infrastructure
• Labels: broken-build toolchain
• Target Version: Impala 2.6.0
• Assignee: Matthew Jacobs
• Reporter: Matthew Jacobs
• Created: 16/Mar/16 22:36
• Updated: 18/Mar/16 17:59
• Resolved: 18/Mar/16 17:59

Description

Impala's toolchain (native-toolchain) doesn't build on sles12. It appears to be a cmake bug [1] though it hasn't been fixed yet. Until we resolve this we cannot update our toolchain bits.

The cmake bug description mentions a workaround by patching cmake to avoid calling POSIX select(), though it also warns this may have a performance impact.

We can try to produce a patched cmake build in the toolchain and use it for sles12 builds.

1: https://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=15873