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1: Downloaded miniconda-zos-1.2-2020-10-01.run 2: Downloaded appdev_bundle_1.03: Transferred binary mode to /rocket/miniconda ZFS FS on z/OS 2.34: chmod +x miniconda-zos-1.2-2020-10-01.run5: chtag -tc 819 appdev*6: ./miniconda-zos-1.2-2020-10-01.run --path /rocket/minicondaFails with error:********************************************************************************* Miniconda installation script is starting at 2021.03.19 13:54:24...********************************************************************************Checking miniconda instance...ERROR: directory '/rocket/miniconda' already exists, but doesn't contain miniconda instanceInstallation failed.What am i doing wrong?Thanks a lot

Heya,I'm getting zero luck (three zeroes to be precise) on downloading packages via conda from the 'free' channel.Setting the scene:z/OS 2.3 (ZD&T installation)Miniconda installed.Created a 'prod' environment.Then issued: conda install -vvv -c https://conda.anaconda.org/zoss-appdev python(had already installed python via download then --offline) ## Package Plan ## environment location: /zdo/conda/envs/prod added / updated specs: - python The following packages will be downloaded: package | build ---------------------------|----------------- openssl-1.0.2k | 5 6.4 MB zoss-appdev gettext-0.19.8.1 | 1 21.1 MB zoss-appdev python-3.7.0 |

I'm having an issue on a test lpar with git for z/OS – both version 2.14 and the latest 2.26 ports.  I've looked at this as have several others without success.  When I attempt a git clone I get this error:  fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: ---Á   When I do a ssh git@github.com git-receive-pack lbdyck/qtab.git I get this: --ÄÁ---Ä--Ã----Ã-À--ÄÂÂ--Á-/ÄÁ-------À----/--ÊÁÃËÇÁ/ÀË_/ËÈÁÊÊÁø?ÊÈ-ËÈ/ÈÍË-ÊÁø?ÊÈ-ËÈ/ÈÍË-Î--ÀÁ%ÁÈÁ-ÊÁÃË-ËÑÀÁ-Â/>À---,-ÉÍÑÁÈ-/È?_ÑÄ-?à Ë-ÀÁ%È/-øÍËÇ-?øÈÑ?>Ë-?¦ÁÄÈ-Ã?Ê_/È-ËÇ/--/ÅÁ>È-ÅÑÈÅÑÈÇÍÂ-Å-ÃÃ-Ä/À----------                             If I do the same ssh git@github.com git-receive-pack lbdyck/qtab.git on one of my other systems it looks like this: 00ce342c27f0363f6d24cbb68e8ace7454218d4828a2 refs/heads/masterreport-status report-status-v2 delet

Hello AllI need guidance on how to connect data Virtualization to Python.as per my understanding, Below Packages only support via zos-z, not for the window , Please guide  IzODA / 

Hello,I am trying to install from the appdev_manifest_1.1.1.txt file and getting the following errors:(Rocket-1.1.1) (AQHO)NEILSX:/u/neilsx(!):>umask 022<.org/zoss-appdev --file /u/neils/rocket-downloads/appdev_manifest_1.1.1_Feb_22.binSolving environment: failedPackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:- unzip==6.0=12- curl==7.73.0=0- sed==4.2.2=12- python==3.7.0=30- bzip2==1.0.8=0- openssl==1.1.1h=12- libssh2==1.8.0=4- zip==3.0=10- make==4.3=3- sudo==1.8.21p2=7- libtag==1.7=0Current channels:-

Hi all,I've successfully installed PHP v5.4.4 into my OMVS environment and I've also successfully created an instance of IHS (IBM_HTTP_Server/9.0.0.6) in my z/OS 2.3 environment. I'm at a loss when it comes to integrating PHP into that HTTP server instance. I know there will need to be changes to my httpd.conf and that I'll have to create some sort of php.cgi file, but I cannot find any specifics when it comes to this. Does anyone have some basic PHP/IHS integration documentation which would at least get me to a point where a index.php page would successfully get parsed by the PHP engine?Thanks for any help or guidance,Andrew------------------------------Andrew ArentsenAcuity Insurance------------------------------

My environment is z/OS 2.3 with IBM Apache HTTP Server (Version 9).  I installed the latest version of PHP (7.0.5) using Rocket's Miniconda package manager. I tested it from the OMVS Shell and it works fine. I queried it for the version it is currently and it comes back with the correct response (7.0.1) and so on and so forth.The trouble I am having is getting to connect to PHP from the HTTP Server. I am new to PHP and I tried to understand from the distributed world on how the two are paired together, i.e. Apache Server and PHP. It seems to be fairly straight forward in that world. There seem to be two ways of invoking PHP with Apache (1) PHP as Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) application and the other as Common Gateway Interface (CGI).  The recommended way seems to be the DSO.  To go the DSO way some directives in Apache need to be set like the LoadModule Directive which looks like LoadModule php5_module /usr/local/ap

​​Hello...I installed git for the first time in a test mainframe LPAR and I am facing the following issue..If I disable AUTOCVT and I don't chtag any file and I do manual iconv conversion for each file before git-add (when pushing to a remote server)iconv -f IBM1047 -t utf-8 Hello.java >Hello3.javaor the opposite after git-clone (after cloning from a remote server) everything works fine.if I enable AUTOCVT on profileexport _BPXK_AUTOCVT=ONexport _CEE_RUNOPTS="FILETAG(AUTOCVT,AUTOTAG) POSIX(ON)"export _TAG_REDIR_ERR=txtexport _TAG_REDIR_IN=txtexport _TAG_REDIR_OUT=txtand change tag like this chtag -t -c IBM-1047 Hello.javawhen I git add I get fatal: can't add "Hello.java": file is tagged, set corresponding zos-working-tree-encoding attribute or reset file tagon the same folder I have the following .gitattributes tagged as iso8859-1# The default for te

@Leanid Astrakou will be hosting a webinar next week in partnership with the Open Mainframe Project to help you learn about Zowe desktop apps - check it out and/or ask your related questions here.Treat Yourself to a Guided, Comprehensive Tour of Zowe Desktop Applications Webinar - Open Mainframe Project Open Mainframe Project

Hi,I guess the purpose of change_pwd_perl.sh is to change the path to perl in scipts like c2ph:Ƥ/rsusr/rocket/bin/perl To the path where I installed perl?But change_pwd_perl.sh has this:total_path="/rocket"So the shebang will still hold /rsusr, right?Same may be forfindutils_checking.shchecking.sh of diffutilsOr have I misunderstood something?/Morten------------------------------Morten KjærulffVP SECURITIES------------------------------

Hello,We have the Rocket port of sudo 1.8.6p3 that can be downloaded from Open Source Languages and Tools for z/OS and would like to know if this software also has the vulnerability described in CVE-2021-3156: NVDRegards,Werner

​​Hi all,does someone know regarding this bug, when a fixed version is available? Additionaly it would be great, to get the source code / makefile for the current ported version in order to fix it by ourself.Best regards,Sebastian

Hi Team,We have recently installed Miniconda on zOS and getting below error. Can you please check and suggest.Warning message during installWARNING: could not import _license.show_info # try: # $ conda install -n root _license So issued below command  and got 404 error. bash-4.3$ conda install -n root _licenseSolving environment: failedCondaHTTPError: HTTP 404 NOT FOUND for url <https://anaconda.org/zoss-appdev/noarch/repodata.json>Elapsed: 00:01.095910CF-RAY: 621fa9a6ee7b0e4e-DFWThe remote server could not find the noarch directory for therequested channel with url: https://anaconda.org/zoss-appdevAs of conda 4.3, a valid channel must contain a `noarch/repodata.json` andassociated `noarch/r

Hi, I have installed the miniconda package to enable the upgrade of curl. What was a pretty easy install is now.. well, not easy any more. By requiring miniconda running on USS the requirement to connect directly from 'MVS' to an external site is enforced. This has never been done here and will take some time to get approvals, firewalls etc.. I have a deadline to get curl upgraded before I can get these approvals. Is there an alternative way to get the new version of curl without using conda? thanks------------------------------Dave WilliamsonSE IVFiserv------------------------------

Hi there,If I compare the Rocket Ported Tools and the new z/OS Miniconda I see that the following tools are in Rocket Ported Tools but not in z/OS Minicondaautoconf automake bison cvs expect findutils groff m4 mc nedit openssl31-bit pkg-config tcl webalizer (Ok, let us forget about cvs which is not really needed nowadays).There are some issues I have with the situation The tools missing are no longer available from the download page. Does it mean they are simply no longer offered by Rocket? If the missing tools shall be used I have to install them in a different location than the ones delivered via z/OS Miniconda 3. is not really a good situation from an installation point of view. Do I miss anything? Any recommendations?-- Thanks, Manfred------------------------------Manfred LotzIBM------------------------------

I'm looking to run an ASoC scan and need a repository to scan against. Is there a repository for Rocket git(version 2.14.4) that can be downloaded/cloned/forked? Thanks!

A user tried to use this command: $ git config --system --edit fatal: Could not switch to ‘/rsusr/rocket/etc/’: EDC5129I No such file or directory. Did I miss a configuration item during the install? I didn’t see anything in the zOS git Release Notes.pdf. These commands work properly: git config --global --edit and git config --local --edit Thanks.

Hello, AWS requires Python 3.3+ as per instructions here docs aws amazon com cli latest userguide awscli-install-bundle I installed Python 3.6.1 release 2017-04-10 successfully. Nonetheless, when installing AWS CLI, I receive: python3 . awscli-bundle install -b ~ bin aws Running cmd: u ibmuser python python-2017-04-12-py36 python36 bin python virtualenv py --python u ibmuser python python-2017-04-12-py36 python36 bin python ibmuser .local lib aws Traceback (most recent call last): File “. awscli-bundle install”, line 138, in main() File “. awscli-bundle install”, line 128, in main create_install_structure(working_dir, opts.install_dir) File “. awscli-bundle install”, line 64, in create_install_structure _create_virtualenv(location=install_dir, working_dir=working_dir) File “. awscli-bundle install”, line 81, in _create_virtualenv location)) File “. awscli-bundle install”, line 44, in run p.returncode,

I had a great time yesterday with my colleagues discussing the challenges of 2020 and how they impacted our customers plans for digital transformation with respect to the mainframe. It was a lively discussion where many of us discussed how mainframe customers are implementing DevOps principles and practices, the culture changes that are happening, and the role that open source, including Zowe, is playing in that transformation.  If you want to listen in you can do so on Feb 11 at this link: https://www.mediaopsevents.com/open_mainframe/session/438721/mainframe-and-digital-transformation-%E2%80%93-something%E2%80%99s-got-to-give  Let me know what you think and I'm happy to answer any questions you have.------------------------------Tim WillgingRocket Software

This Thursday three Rocketeers are presenting at the 2021 Open Mainframe virtual conference. Attend their sessions and feel free to ask questions related to their sessions here in the Forum. At 11:30am EST, @Peter Fandel is presenting a session titled Balance Speed with Assurance to Bring Open Source to z/OS. Peter will discuss ways to mitigate the risk and hidden cost of using open source in mission-critical commercial settings. At 2:00pm EST @Lilac Schoenbeck presents Your Application IS Special: A Tailored Approach to Mainframes, sharing the latest technologies sparking innovation i

Hi all,This is a bit the opposite question to the one asked earlier about amode 64.My application is actually LE amode 31, and I am calling a function which is within the libcrypto.a archive. I found that apparently all the modules within this archive on the Rocket system (/rsusr/ported) are amode 64. Is there a way to have them 31, or it's my tough luck ?Thank you,Jonathan------------------------------Jonathan EshelRocket Software------------------------------

I've been asked by one of my customers, "UNIX System Services is vulnerable to the sudoedit vulnerability?".  I then opened a case with the IBM support center, and they informed me that IBM no longer supports this, and it is supported by Rocket Software.  What "opensource", or purchased product from Rocket has this support?Thanks,------------------------------Steven FrancisSr. z/OS Systems ProgrammerIBM------------------------------

While using bash with the command:  env | sort > env.txtthe env.txt is tagged as ISO8859-1BUT when using the /bin/sh shell with the same command the file is tagged as IBM-1047Pertinent entries from the env results:_BPXK_AUTOCVT=ON _CEE_RUNOPTS=FILETAG(AUTOCVT,AUTOTAG) POSIX(ON)_TAG_REDIR_ERR=txt _TAG_REDIR_IN=txt _TAG_REDIR_OUT=txt On this LPAR a cat of the ISO-8859-1 file while in /bin/sh results in what looks like ascii while under bash it displays fine.On another LPAR - same profile (env) values the files have the same tags but a cat will work with both to display something usable.???------------------------------Lionel Dycklbdyck------------------------------

So this is odd.  I use OMVS as my entry to my z/OS shell.  Curl and bash and bash work fine.  Openssl mostly works fine, with one quirk.  If I try openssl before having executed bash or curl in the same shell session the output from openssl doesn't seem to be converted from ASCII to EBCDIC, and is thus unreadable.  But if, as I said, I have used curl or bash in the same session then openssl now works.Here is an example: IBM Licensed Material - Property of IBM 5650-ZOS Copyright IBM Corp. 1993, 2017 (C) Copyright Mortice Kern Systems, Inc., 1985, 1996. (C) Copyright Software Development Group, University of Waterloo, 1989.U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use,duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. IBM is a registered trademark of the IBM Corp. [-sh]DVFJS:/u/dvfjs:>openssl |øÁ>ëë<-- äáá----ë-èÇÁ-ËÑÅ>/%-ëñåñ

Following on from my question around 7zip archive formats, I've downloaded and tried unzip on a sample file I've been provided with. The file ends with .zip, so I figured I'd give it a go.Unfortunately, I get the message: skipping: 20201211001505.dat  need PK compat. v4.6 (can do v2.1) Is telling me that the archive is in a format that's not supported? From what I can see unzip -v gives:UnZip special compilation options:COPYRIGHT_CLEAN (PKZIP 0.9x unreducing method not supported)SET_DIR_ATTRIBSYMLINKS (symbolic links supported, if RTL and file system permit)TIMESTAMPUNIXBACKUPUSE_EF_UT_TIMEUSE_UNSHRINK (PKZIP/Zip 1.x unshrinking method supported)USE_DEFLATE64 (PKZIP 4.x Deflate64(tm) supported)VMS_TEXT_CONVPASSWD_FROM_STDIN[decryption, version 2.11 of 05 Jan 2007]Or am I confusing myself with unrelated version numbers?Thanks,