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  • 1.  Messages when updating wget to v1.21.1

    Posted Wed May 18, 2022 02:02 AM
    I'm seeing messages after updating wget from v1.19.2-1 to v1.21.1-1 and am not sure what I need to do about them, if anything. The messages after running "rpm -U" to update wget and all prerequisites are:
    add shr4.o shared members from /usr/lib/libiconv.a to /opt/freeware/lib/libiconv.a
    add shr.o shared members from /usr/lib/libiconv.a to /opt/freeware/lib/libiconv.a
    add shr4_64.o shared members from /usr/lib/libiconv.a to /opt/freeware/lib/libiconv.a
    /
    Please check that /etc/info-dir does exist.
    You might have to rename it from /etc/info-dir.rpmsave to /etc/info-dir.
    From wget-1.21.1 onwards, symbolic link of wget in /usr/bin is removed.
    The binary is shipped in /opt/freeware/bin. Please use absolute path or
    add /opt/freeware/bin in PATH environment variable to use the binary.

    What do I need to do so I can be assured the new version of wget will be operable?

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    Steve Purton
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  • 2.  RE: Messages when updating wget to v1.21.1

    Posted Thu May 19, 2022 12:18 AM
    Hello
    These are just messages that are generated during installation steps.

    Those are just informative messages from the libiconv installer. Technically they should say 
    "adding shr4.o shared members ...":

    add shr4.o shared members from /usr/lib/libiconv.a to /opt/freeware/lib/libiconv.a
    add shr.o shared members from /usr/lib/libiconv.a to /opt/freeware/lib/libiconv.a
    add shr4_64.o shared members from /usr/lib/libiconv.a to /opt/freeware/lib/libiconv.a


    This message is general installer message from info install:
    Please check that /etc/info-dir does exist.
    You might have to rename it from /etc/info-dir.rpmsave to /etc/info-dir.

    This means exactly what it states. There is no /usr/sbin/wget link created.

    From wget-1.21.1 onwards, symbolic link of wget in /usr/bin is removed.
    The binary is shipped in /opt/freeware/bin. Please use absolute path or
    add /opt/freeware/bin in PATH environment variable to use the binary.

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    Jan Harris
    AIX Development Support (Liaison to the AIX Toolbox for Open Source)
    IBM (Contract)
    Austin TX
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  • 3.  RE: Messages when updating wget to v1.21.1

    Posted Thu May 19, 2022 02:24 PM
    Thanks for the helpful reply, I appreciate it.

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    Steve Purton
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  • 4.  RE: Messages when updating wget to v1.21.1

    Posted Thu May 19, 2022 04:17 PM
    You can test with a basic url, and the default file would be retrieved

    # wget google.com
    <...>
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: unspecified [text/html]
    Saving to: 'index.html'

    Or to retrieve a specific file:
    # wget https://public.dhe.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/README.txt

    You can retrieve directories, or more.  See more documentation here:

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    Jan Harris
    AIX Development Support (Liaison to the AIX Toolbox for Open Source)
    IBM (Contract)
    Austin TX
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