problems running simple map-reduce hadoop examples in cygwin

Question

I am just trying to get Hadoop running on my laptop running 64-bit Windows 7 in standalone mode. I\'ve installed Cygwin 1.7 in the default folder (c:\\cygwin). I have the late

Answer 1

Here is a simple-to-use workaround that doesn't require any yak shaving:

https://github.com/congainc/patch-hadoop_7682-1.0.x-win