On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 7:32 AM, Konstantin Khomoutov < flatw...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 12:34:31 PM UTC+3, John McKown wrote: > > [...] > >> Probably the best thing to do wold be to see if there is an updated >> version of git on AIX which will work for you and install it. On my Linux >> system, git is at 2.4.3! There is a package here: >> >> http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/aix/linux/toolbox/alpha.html#G >> for AIX. >> > > Unfortunately, that's not it. The package is called "git" but it's not > Git-the-SCM. > I wonder what it is. I thought that it was "git the SCM" because the "source" link pointed to the GNU ftp server and the git directory within it. Perhaps best would be for the OP to download the source and compile it. > Still, external unofficial repositories hosting Git packages for AIX do > exist. > > >> Looks a bit weird to me because it has an RPM and I didn't think AIX used >> RPM. >> > > I'm not familiar with AIX either, but from googling, it appears that there > exists something called like Linux compatibiliy layer for AIX, and > supposedly RPMs are installed that way (via the `rpm` tool from that > layer's packages). > > [...] > > -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
