This isn't anything to do with chmod, as far as I know: Hadoop uses Java to set readable permission, and this is not implemented in Windows. chmod is already on the Cygwin path anyway.
It seems pretty normal that Hadoop might want to make its output directory writable! On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 4:47 AM, Lance Norskog <[email protected]> wrote: > The build is crashing in the unit tests, because the tests are attempting > to run Hadoop jobs. > > First, run a build without running the unit tests: > > mvn -DskipTests=true clean install > > Next, edit your path so that it includes the windows path of the Cywgin > 'chmod.exe' program. This is c:\cygwin\bin\chmod.exe'. This way, when Java > attempts to run this program, it can find it. > > Why Hadoop has to do this is beyond understanding, but there it is. > > Lance > >
