Yes, there are indeed Linux package managers. They don't get beyond the "replace the entire package" level. THey have no concept of individual fixes and their interactions.
On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 7:14 PM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > There are a lot of people using package managers in the Linux world, and a > lot of software available as, e.g., deb, rpm, files. To say nothing of, > e.g., cvs, git, SCCS, svn. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Jay Maynard [jaymayn...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 5:33 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: not using SMPe > > That's because SMP/E and its power are only truly present in the z/OS and > predecessors world. Everyone else thinks of applying maintenance as a > matter of replacing the entire product, instead of individual fixes that > are automatically maintained and managed. > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 4:22 PM Ed Jaffe <edja...@phoenixsoftware.com> > wrote: > > > SMP/E use for products like Java, NodeJS, Zowe, etc. is almost pointless > > since they always do full product replacements. > > > Jay Maynard > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
