blog.webwesen.com » rpm http://blog.webwesen.com tail -f /var/log/braindump >> blog.webwesen.com Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:42:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 What packaging tool to choose for AIX deployments? http://blog.webwesen.com/2009/07/12/what-packaging-to-choose-for-aix-deployments/ http://blog.webwesen.com/2009/07/12/what-packaging-to-choose-for-aix-deployments/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:42:32 +0000 webwesen http://blog.webwesen.com/?p=39 rpm vs. installp

It seems it was  impossible for a long time to find an installp-experienced engineer outside IBM. rpm on the other hand has been freely available for years. For scripty type stuff there should be no special considerations for AIX so the large body of experience, knowledge and example code available for rpm on Linux is very helpful.

IBM is not dropping AIX anytime soon, but at the same time they are actively porting the standard linux tools to AIX and some of the AIX tools to Linux so the environments are converging. This might mean that its only a matter of time before installp become “depreciated” in favor of rpm.

rpm resources

No related posts.

]]> http://blog.webwesen.com/2009/07/12/what-packaging-to-choose-for-aix-deployments/feed/ 0