Re: GNU COBOL
As long as you obtain permission first, it's legitimate. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Rick Troth <058ff5c2d0a7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 9:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: GNU COBOL Forgive me. I really don't mean to be whining about this. Up to now, the only USS that I've had access to has been that of an employer, so to use such for building things that I share publicly would be kinda stealing from them. Chicory needs really just one thing, and then I could pull-in the "parent" makefiles and let-er-rip. It needs a 'chmod 1777' directory named /usr/opt. My usual habit is to let that physically be /var/opt (and then /usr/opt is a sym-link to it). For USS, any given FLOSS package might also need the patches which Igor and the gang on the "z/OS Open Tools" GitHub project have provided. That will take time, but should eventually fall to automation. They've got almost 200 packages, including RSYNC (THANK YOU!!), but I have not found Gnu COBOL. Maybe Gnu COBOL "just works". -- R; <>< On 3/19/24 08:38, Rick Troth wrote: > I'd be happy to run Gnu COBOL through it's paces on USS (as well as > any other FLOSS packages in the Chicory collection). > I just need a USS environment from which artifacts can be shared > publicly. (That is, not an employer's USS nor some other similarly > restricted USS.) > > Got shell access where I can throw my SSH keys? Lemme know! Thanks. > > -- R; <>< > > > > On 3/18/24 16:59, W Mainframe wrote: >> Hi,A port to USS OMVS sounds perfect... :) >> Dan >> >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >> >> >> On Monday, March 18, 2024, 5:57 PM, Rick Troth >> <058ff5c2d0a7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >> >> I try to maintain working copies of Gnu COBOL in the Chicory collection. >> Presently we have Gnu COBOL 3.2 for FreeBSD (64 bit), AMD/Intel Linux >> (64-bit and 32-bit), and Z or S390 Linux (64-bit and 31-bit). >> >> rsync://chic.casita.net/opt/gnucobol-3.2/ >> >> -- R; <>< >> >> >> On 3/16/24 15:36, Mark Jacobs wrote: >>> GnuCOBOL "has reached an industrial maturity and can compete with >>> proprietary offers in all environments," boasted contributor Fabrice >>> Le Fessant, in a FOSDEM talk. >>> >>> https://thenewstack.io/20-years-in-the-making-gnucobol-is-ready-for-industry/ >>> >>> >>> Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/), Swiss-based >>> encrypted email. >>> >>> GPG Public Key >>> -https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get=markjac...@protonmail.com >>> >>> -- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email tolists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> -- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> >> >> -- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: GNU COBOL
Forgive me. I really don't mean to be whining about this. Up to now, the only USS that I've had access to has been that of an employer, so to use such for building things that I share publicly would be kinda stealing from them. Chicory needs really just one thing, and then I could pull-in the "parent" makefiles and let-er-rip. It needs a 'chmod 1777' directory named /usr/opt. My usual habit is to let that physically be /var/opt (and then /usr/opt is a sym-link to it). For USS, any given FLOSS package might also need the patches which Igor and the gang on the "z/OS Open Tools" GitHub project have provided. That will take time, but should eventually fall to automation. They've got almost 200 packages, including RSYNC (THANK YOU!!), but I have not found Gnu COBOL. Maybe Gnu COBOL "just works". -- R; <>< On 3/19/24 08:38, Rick Troth wrote: I'd be happy to run Gnu COBOL through it's paces on USS (as well as any other FLOSS packages in the Chicory collection). I just need a USS environment from which artifacts can be shared publicly. (That is, not an employer's USS nor some other similarly restricted USS.) Got shell access where I can throw my SSH keys? Lemme know! Thanks. -- R; <>< On 3/18/24 16:59, W Mainframe wrote: Hi,A port to USS OMVS sounds perfect... :) Dan Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, March 18, 2024, 5:57 PM, Rick Troth <058ff5c2d0a7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: I try to maintain working copies of Gnu COBOL in the Chicory collection. Presently we have Gnu COBOL 3.2 for FreeBSD (64 bit), AMD/Intel Linux (64-bit and 32-bit), and Z or S390 Linux (64-bit and 31-bit). rsync://chic.casita.net/opt/gnucobol-3.2/ -- R; <>< On 3/16/24 15:36, Mark Jacobs wrote: GnuCOBOL "has reached an industrial maturity and can compete with proprietary offers in all environments," boasted contributor Fabrice Le Fessant, in a FOSDEM talk. https://thenewstack.io/20-years-in-the-making-gnucobol-is-ready-for-industry/ Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com), Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key -https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get=markjac...@protonmail.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email tolists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: GNU COBOL
I'd be happy to run Gnu COBOL through it's paces on USS (as well as any other FLOSS packages in the Chicory collection). I just need a USS environment from which artifacts can be shared publicly. (That is, not an employer's USS nor some other similarly restricted USS.) Got shell access where I can throw my SSH keys? Lemme know! Thanks. -- R; <>< On 3/18/24 16:59, W Mainframe wrote: Hi,A port to USS OMVS sounds perfect... :) Dan Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, March 18, 2024, 5:57 PM, Rick Troth <058ff5c2d0a7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: I try to maintain working copies of Gnu COBOL in the Chicory collection. Presently we have Gnu COBOL 3.2 for FreeBSD (64 bit), AMD/Intel Linux (64-bit and 32-bit), and Z or S390 Linux (64-bit and 31-bit). rsync://chic.casita.net/opt/gnucobol-3.2/ -- R; <>< On 3/16/24 15:36, Mark Jacobs wrote: GnuCOBOL "has reached an industrial maturity and can compete with proprietary offers in all environments," boasted contributor Fabrice Le Fessant, in a FOSDEM talk. https://thenewstack.io/20-years-in-the-making-gnucobol-is-ready-for-industry/ Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com), Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key -https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get=markjac...@protonmail.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email tolists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: GNU COBOL
Hi,A port to USS OMVS sounds perfect... :) Dan Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, March 18, 2024, 5:57 PM, Rick Troth <058ff5c2d0a7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: I try to maintain working copies of Gnu COBOL in the Chicory collection. Presently we have Gnu COBOL 3.2 for FreeBSD (64 bit), AMD/Intel Linux (64-bit and 32-bit), and Z or S390 Linux (64-bit and 31-bit). rsync://chic.casita.net/opt/gnucobol-3.2/ -- R; <>< On 3/16/24 15:36, Mark Jacobs wrote: > GnuCOBOL "has reached an industrial maturity and can compete with proprietary > offers in all environments," boasted contributor Fabrice Le Fessant, in a > FOSDEM talk. > > https://thenewstack.io/20-years-in-the-making-gnucobol-is-ready-for-industry/ > > Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com), Swiss-based encrypted email. > > GPG Public Key > -https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get=markjac...@protonmail.com > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email tolists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: GNU COBOL
I try to maintain working copies of Gnu COBOL in the Chicory collection. Presently we have Gnu COBOL 3.2 for FreeBSD (64 bit), AMD/Intel Linux (64-bit and 32-bit), and Z or S390 Linux (64-bit and 31-bit). rsync://chic.casita.net/opt/gnucobol-3.2/ -- R; <>< On 3/16/24 15:36, Mark Jacobs wrote: GnuCOBOL "has reached an industrial maturity and can compete with proprietary offers in all environments," boasted contributor Fabrice Le Fessant, in a FOSDEM talk. https://thenewstack.io/20-years-in-the-making-gnucobol-is-ready-for-industry/ Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com), Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key -https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get=markjac...@protonmail.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email tolists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
GNU COBOL
GnuCOBOL "has reached an industrial maturity and can compete with proprietary offers in all environments," boasted contributor Fabrice Le Fessant, in a FOSDEM talk. https://thenewstack.io/20-years-in-the-making-gnucobol-is-ready-for-industry/ Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com), Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get=markjac...@protonmail.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
