[gpfsug-discuss] RHEL9?

[Christof Schmitt]

On Thu, 2022-09-15 at 15:11 +0100, Jonathan Buzzard wrote:
> On 14/09/2022 17:41, Christof Schmitt wrote:
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> > On Tue, 2022-09-13 at 19:23 +0100, Jonathan Buzzard wrote:
> > > Is there any word on when we might see RHEL9 support? I noticed
> > > that
> > > it
> > > is not in 5.1.5.1
> > 
> > We are working on RHEL9 support, but that hit an unexpected problem
> > with scp, which first requires a fix from Redhat. Work is still
> > ongoing, with a tentative target of fourth quarter. If anything
> > else
> > comes up, that can also change again.
> > 
> 
> I presume that it is related to the switch to sftp?
> 
> https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/openssh-scp-deprecation-rhel-9-what-you-need-know  

Yes, related. That protocol change also brought a change in behavior
when overwriting the same file: 
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/6956768
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056884

Getting that addressed is a pre-requisite for RHEL9 support, otherwise
significant parts of the mm cli would have to be changed.

Christof