On Friday 17 July 2009, Chase, John wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bob Woodside > > > > [ snip ] > > > > The old version of bzip2 that used to be available from IBM has > > been withdrawn; I don't know what version it was or whether it > > supported large files. There is now a "supported" version which you > > have to pay for, and looks to be heavily modified by IBM - mainly to > > provide IBM-style messages, as far as I can tell. I can't imaginw > > wanting such a beast, but that's the subject of a different thread! > > Well, bzip2 from IBM is now a part of the "Licensed Program Product" > called "IBM Ported Tools" or similar, but it's a "no-charge" product; > i.e., you do have to "license" it now, but it still doesn't cost any > money.
Oops - I didn't read the IBM Ported Tools description closely enough, and missed the words "a non-priced program product". My apologies. I still think I'd rather have a straight build of the latest version (hmm, come to think of it, I guess I do now!), because: 1) I see small value in having a lot of IBM mods just to fit the messages into an IBM-style scheme. As always,YMMV. (I wouldn't have a problem with this if the mods were fed back to the bzip2 developers and became a part of the regular code base rather than being a separately maintained IBM fork. I like standardized message prefixes and good documentation as well as the next person. No, really.) 2) The Supplementary Toolkit version appears to be 1.0.4, which is documented to have a potential security vulnerability (CERT-FI 20469, corrected in 1.0.5). Cheers, Bob -- Bob Woodside Woodsway Consulting, Inc. http://www.woodsway.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html