Re: [IBMiOSS] RPMs, yum, and 5733-OPS

You are correct that I can't answer that question directly.  I can only relay my personal experience.  I followed the getting started link on this page



https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20i%20Technology%20Updates/page/Open%20Source%20RPM's



There is nothing in the instructions about any requirements for PTF’s initially or in the future.





On 5/11/18, 1:58 PM, "OpenSource on behalf of John Yeung" <opensource-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



    On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 1:34 PM, R Brown <rbpaservices@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

    > I am using yum. It is a world better than applying PTFs.

   

    No doubt.

   

    > Long way around saying that it does not seem

    > likely that both ways will continue to be supported.

   

    Aaron has been explicit that IBM is "sunsetting" 5733-OPS.

   

    But that still doesn't answer my question. (Which is fine; maybe you

    were just chiming in without any intent to answer me.) I mean, it

    *hints* that 5733-OPS is not needed by the RPM bootstrap, but it's not

    a straight answer. For all I know, the current bootstrap uses software

    that is part of 5733-OPS, and the plan is to introduce a truly

    standalone bootstrap later.

   

    For that matter, I could easily conceive of a scenario where the RPM

    bootstrap won't work without the proper PTFs (independent of

    5733-OPS).

   

    John Y.

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