Here is a list of the tools Rocket Ported I just compiled for my reference for discussions about what would be nice to have in USS … just my opinion, not an IBM statement. Big priorities for me are bash, python, perl , git, sed. Others are nice to have and often are used to build other packages.
apache-ant 1.9.2 160208 License: Apache 2.0 https://ant.apache.org <https://ant.apache.org/> 1.9.13 / 1.10.5 180713 autoconf 2.62 160614 License: GPL https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/ <https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/> 2.69 120424 automake 1.10 160614 License: GPL https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ 1.12.2 ?????? bash 4.3 170518 4.4 160915 License: GPL https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/> bison 2.3 160825 3.3.2 190203 License: GPL https://www.gnu.org/software/bison <https://www.gnu.org/software/bison> bzip2 1.0.6 160302 1.0.6 License: Open curl 7.52.1 170926 7.6.4 20190206 License: CURL/X (MIT like) https://curl.haxx.se/ <https://curl.haxx.se/> cvs 1.11.23 160324 diffutils 3.3 160302 expect 5.44.1.15 160302 findutils 4.4.2 160614 git 2.14.4 181107 groff 1.20.1 160229 gzip 1.9 180703 libssh2 1.4.3 160628 m4 1.4.18 170511 make 4.1 160426 mc 4.6.1 160229 mktemp 1.7 160302 nedit 5.5 160229 openssl 1.0.2k 170414 perl 5.24.0 180202 php 7.0.5 170614 pkg-config 0.28 161125 python 2.7.6 / 3.6 160229 / 170412 sed 4.2.2 160229 sudo 1.8.3p3 170419 tcl 8.5.11 160823 vim 8.0.22 170615 webalizer 2.23.08 160302 zip/unzip 3.0 / 6.0 160304 / 161123 zlib 1.2.8 160302 Matt Hogstrom [email protected] PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat - Fortune Favors the Bold > On Mar 11, 2019, at 11:01 AM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, it's not as bad as it used to be, but the original OE option was > designed around passing certification and was missing most of the tools that > aren't required but everyone has. > > What is the current status of Perl, Python and Ruby in z/os? What about bash? > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of > Matt Hogstrom <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 10:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: calling a webservice using HTTPS from batch (and CICS) > > You are correct about GPL. The concern is likely historical and not the one > that would be made today. There is some discussion at the OMP about hosting > the Rocket Ports as a no-registration download. Regardless, USS needs a > serious facelift to include tools and utilities commonly available on other > *nix variants like Linux and MacOS and Cygwin. > > Matt Hogstrom > [email protected] > PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 > > Perfer et obdura: dolor hic tibi proderit olim. > > Be patient and endure: some day, this pain will be useful to you. > >> On Mar 11, 2019, at 10:32 AM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> GPL v3 says "6. Conveying Non-Source Forms. >> >> You may convey a covered work in object code form under the terms of >> sections 4 and 5, provided that you also convey the machine-readable >> Corresponding Source under the terms of this License, in one of these ways:" >> >> They would still need a notice of how to obtain the source. >> >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of >> Matt Hogstrom <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 10:25 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: calling a webservice using HTTPS from batch (and CICS) >> >> Don’t think so. RocketSoftware makes them available for download. I think >> the key issue is they are GPL IIRC. >> >> Matt Hogstrom >> [email protected] >> PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 >> >> "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” >> - Hanlon’s Razor >> >>> On Mar 11, 2019, at 10:24 AM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Doesn't z/OS come with curl and wget these days? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >>> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of >>> Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2019 9:21 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: calling a webservice using HTTPS from batch (and CICS) >>> >>> On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 17:55:25 +0100, Bernd Oppolzer wrote: >>>> >>>> Now the problem is: I am limited to HTTP at the moment, but customer's >>>> politics >>>> requires me to do HTTPS in the middle and long term. >>>> >>> For batch, would "curl" help? (But that depends on the customer's having >>> the Rocket Ported Tools installed.) >>> >>>> I have no idea what I need to do to provide HTTPS communication in the >>>> batch and >>>> in the CICS case; what are my options and what is the easiest migration >>>> path? >>> >>> -- gil >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
