RE: IBM i 7.5 and IBM i Portfolio give strong foundation for continuing innovation

Ha ha! Good one. Good thing I didn't have my afternoon coffee yet. Helped to keep my keyboard clean.

This is exactly why I asked if DNS_LOOKUP requires that product.

Oh, as far as DNS bind goes... We had a discussion between us on the list about open source products being required as part of base IBM products. Remember that? You were basically saying that the open source stuff was simply for new exciting addons opening up a whole realm of possibilities? I was saying nope it's now part of the base OS requirements too.
See this:
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After DNS is installed, you must have Portable Application Solutions Environment (PASE) (5770-SS1, option 33) and dependent RPM packages openssl and libuv installed. After these software programs are installed, IBM Navigator for i handles configuring the current BIND implementation.
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https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=system-dns-requirements

So if they PTF DNS do you also have to retrieve a RPM update?

Rob Berendt