On Friday 17 July 2009, Chase, John wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bob Woodside
> >
> > [ snip ]
> >
> > The old version of bzip2 that used to be available from IBM has
> > been withdrawn; I don't know what version it was or whether it
> > supported large files. There is now a "supported" version which you
> > have to pay for, and looks to be heavily modified by IBM - mainly to
> > provide IBM-style messages, as far as I can tell. I can't imaginw
> > wanting such a beast, but that's the subject of a different thread!
>
> Well, bzip2 from IBM is now a part of the "Licensed Program Product"
> called "IBM Ported Tools" or similar, but it's a "no-charge" product;
> i.e., you do have to "license" it now, but it still doesn't cost any
> money.
Oops - I didn't read the IBM Ported Tools description closely
enough, and missed the words "a non-priced program product". My
apologies.
I still think I'd rather have a straight build of the latest version
(hmm, come to think of it, I guess I do now!), because:
1) I see small value in having a lot of IBM mods just to fit the
messages into an IBM-style scheme. As always,YMMV.
(I wouldn't have a problem with this if the mods were fed back to
the bzip2 developers and became a part of the regular code base rather
than being a separately maintained IBM fork. I like standardized
message prefixes and good documentation as well as the next person. No,
really.)
2) The Supplementary Toolkit version appears to be 1.0.4, which is
documented to have a potential security vulnerability (CERT-FI 20469,
corrected in 1.0.5).
Cheers,
Bob
--
Bob Woodside
Woodsway Consulting, Inc.
http://www.woodsway.com
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