Thanks Lee, good points.

Best Regards
Amir Sanjar

Linux System Management Architect and Lead
IBM Senior Software Engineer
Phone# 512-286-8393
Fax#      512-838-8858





From:   Kihwal Lee <kih...@yahoo-inc.com>
To:     "common-dev@hadoop.apache.org" <common-dev@hadoop.apache.org>
Cc:     John Williams/Austin/IBM@IBMUS, Kumar Ravi/Austin/IBM@IBMUS,
            Jeffrey J Heroux/Poughkeepsie/IBM@IBMUS
Date:   10/20/2011 11:51 AM
Subject:        Re: Hadoop SUN JAVA dependency



I have been wanting to try hadoop on my PowerMac 8600 (now with g4!). :)

For starters, there are places (code/script) where os.name, os.arch and
sun.arch.data.model are used.
Some are written with invalid assumptions. For one, JSVC_ARCH will be
blindly set to i386 on ppc in bin/hadoop.

I suggest you file an umbrella jira and keep adding subtasks as you go.

Thanks,
Kihwal

On 10/20/11 10:09 AM, "Amir Sanjar" <v1san...@us.ibm.com> wrote:



Change Proposal,
        Removing SUN JAVA 6.0 dependencies from hadoop security
sub-project.

Targeted release
        hadoop 0.20.206.0+

Targeted platforms:
        x86, PowerPC
        RHEL 6.x and SLES 11 x

Next step
        Open Jira bug/feature report, if none has been opened

Any comments?


Best Regards
Amir Sanjar

Linux System Management Architect and Lead
IBM Senior Software Engineer
Phone# 512-286-8393
Fax#      512-838-8858

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