Thanks for the feedback Dave (and RS). I wish Rocket still had download links to the tarballs, or even better, pax files. I find this particularly useful when downloading new versions of Python from IBM, albeit once I’ve had to go through a couple of web forms to eventually get the link URL so I can curl it down.
I’ll feed it back to the PT team. > On 4 Nov 2023, at 7:44 am, Jousma, David > <000001a0403c5dc1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > We do pay for GIT client support through IBM, which I realize is actually > rocket support behind the scenes. cURL used to come packaged with GIT > client but was removed with IBM ptf. > > I was able to just go to the public anaconda website, and download the cURL > tarball, upload it, and expand it and clone it where needed. Our Jenkins > pipeline needs it. > > Dave Jousma > > Vice President | Director, Technology Engineering > > > Fifth Third Bank | 1830 East Paris Ave, SE | MD RSCB2H | Grand Rapids, > MI 49546 > > 616.653.8429 > ________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of > David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, November 3, 2023 7:01:11 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > Subject: Re: Rocket miniconda frustrations > >> On 3 Nov 2023, at 10: 32 pm, Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-request@ >> LISTSERV. UA. EDU> wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 19: 42: 15 +0800, David >> Crayford wrote: >> >> Yes. But you still need the internet .. . >> > > >> On 3 Nov 2023, at 10:32 pm, Paul Gilmartin >> <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >> >> On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 19:42:15 +0800, David Crayford wrote: >>> >>> Yes. But you still need the internet ... >>> >> What's the alternative? Railway Express? Dialup modem? > > A lot of customers air-gap their mainframe systems so you can’t use package > managers. Colin Paice opened an issue for my pyzfile Python package to > document installation methods on air-gapped systems > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/discussion/reading-an-mvs-dataset-using-z-open-automation-utility__;!!MwwqYLOC6b6whF7V!nVlHVMjwgMI8doNcGXgOJIwnci0yoWLQREmOo_7c-J1hWzEQQaXiHBinMK7zqEFHNnMuAhcKDi1m24hwsjs$. > > Dave Jousma seems to have found a solution to his problem. Rocket provide an > off-line channel for ported tools but it’s only available to customers with > commercial support, in which case you have the choice of SMP/E. Most > customers that are using ported tools for critical work, such as Git, have > commercial support. Z/OS Open Tools is a great alternative if you only > require free tools. They have ported tools not available from Rocket, such as > nano, which most ISPF users will find easier to use then vim. > >> >> -- >> gil >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > > > This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be > privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you > receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in > any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, > distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please > reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was > misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your > assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
