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The bright side of BFF on AIX

The bright side of BFF on AIX

Yes, it is again about Ansible and package management

Jun 20, 2025
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Many AIX administrators love the BFF (or LPP) format of packaging. I think the main reason Michael Felt started his aixtools.net project many years ago was his desire to package all open-source packages in AIX-native format. The format (or, more accurately, the tools to work with it) has several advantages. The most favorite is the ability to reject ins…

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