Re: [IBMiOSS] AIX Toolbox gets more stuff, YUM anyone?

Ok, so YUM won't work, that's a bummer, but we can still capitalize on the
rpms being delivered by AIX Toolbox. Incremental progress.

*>I prefer zypper: https://github.com/openSUSE/zypper
<https://github.com/openSUSE/zypper>*

Have you used zypper on IBM i? Does IBM have something in the works that
you can share with us so we don't waste time heading down unfruitful paths?

Aaron Bartell
litmis.com - Services for open source on IBM i


On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Kevin Adler <kadler@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"OpenSource" <opensource-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 07/08/2016
11:14:30 AM:

When at cec2016.se I attended an AIX session and the presenter announced
that by the end of June, 2016 there would be not only more RPMs

available

but also a formal port of YUM**. Welp, it's here...

http://bit.ly/aix-2016-comes-alive

If my little sister wasn't getting married over the weekend I can tell

you

what I'd be doing :-)

Anyone want to kick the YUM tires and let the group know whether it

works

in PASE?

**https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowdog_Updater,_Modified

Aaron Bartell
litmis.com - Services for open source on IBM i

I prefer zypper: https://github.com/openSUSE/zypper

Not sure why they ported YUM, when it's already been replaced by DNF:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNF_(software)


I also don't think you'll make much headway, since none of the RPMs will
match architecture/platform and YUM won't be able to figure out how to
resolve any dependencies. In order to get a package manager on the system,
it (and the packages) have to be actually built on (or cross-compiled
*for*) that platform.

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