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  • 1.  dos2unix -- Request for updated version

    Posted Fri December 12, 2025 12:38 PM
    Edited by Steve Munday Fri December 12, 2025 12:44 PM

    Team:

    Currently the dos2unix package is v7.4.1, which dates from circa. Sep 2019.

    # dnf info dos2unix
    Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:01 ago on December  3, 2025, 12:17:55 PM EST.
    Installed Packages
    Name         : dos2unix
    Version      : 7.4.1
    Release      : 1
    Architecture : ppc
    Size         : 1.0 M
    Source       : dos2unix-7.4.1-1.src.rpm
    Repository   : @System
    From repo    : AIX_Toolbox
    Summary      : Text file format converters
    URL          : http://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/dos2unix.html
    License      : BSD
    Description  : Convert text files with DOS or Mac line endings to Unix line endings and
                 : vice versa.

    May we request an updated version, the latest from dos2unix / unix2dos - Text file format converters is dated Oct 2025 (v7.5.3)?

    Many thanks, Steve

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    Steve Munday
    AIX, IBMi, HMC, CMC, PowerVM, PowerVS, Ansible automation engineering
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  • 2.  RE: dos2unix -- Request for updated version

    Posted Wed December 17, 2025 04:12 AM

    Thanks for reporting it. We will try to update dos2unix ASAP., 



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    Ayappan P
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  • 3.  RE: dos2unix -- Request for updated version

    Posted Mon December 22, 2025 02:10 AM

    dos2unix 7.5.3 is now available in AIX Toolbox. 
    https://public.dhe.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/dos2unix/dos2unix-7.5.3-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm



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    Ayappan P
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  • 4.  RE: dos2unix -- Request for updated version

    Posted Mon December 22, 2025 03:22 AM

    Ayappan,

    Thank-you very much for making the latest version available.

    Regards, Steve



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    Steve Munday
    AIX, IBMi, HMC, CMC, PowerVM, PowerVS, Ansible automation engineering
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