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Suresh Srinivas commented on HADOOP-8873: ----------------------------------------- [~ajisakaa] I took a quick look at HADOOP-8175. The way I understand it is (correct me if I am wrong): # Behavior of mkdir without -p flag remains the same # mkdir with -p does not fail if the target directory already exists. Given that this is compatible, we should be able to get this into branch-1. > Port HADOOP-8175 (Add mkdir -p flag) to branch-1 > ------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HADOOP-8873 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8873 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Improvement > Affects Versions: 1.2.0 > Reporter: Eli Collins > Assignee: Akira AJISAKA > Labels: newbie > Attachments: HADOOP-8873-1.patch, HADOOP-8873-2.patch > > > Per HADOOP-8551 let's port the mkdir -p option to branch-1 for a 1.x release > to help users transition to the new shell behavior. In Hadoop 2.x mkdir > currently requires the -p option to create parent directories but a program > that specifies it won't work on 1.x since it doesn't support this option. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira