<html><body><p><font face="Courier">IBM BigFix Patch is deprecating the Linux RPM Patching site on September 29, 2017. The site will no longer appear in the License Overview dashboard after the said date.</font><br><font face="Courier"> </font><br><font face="Courier">In line with the site deprecation, BigFix Patch will no longer provide content and will end support for the analyses, wizard, tasks, and dashboard associated with the BigFix endpoint dependency resolution method.</font><br><font face="Courier"> </font><br><font face="Courier">As part of its commitment to continuous improvement, in recent years, BigFix Patch shifted from the BigFix endpoint dependency resolution to using the native tools of the different supported products. For example, with the Patches for RHEL 6 Native tools site, use of the Yellow dog Updated, Modified (YUM), replaced use of the Endpoint Dependency Resolver (EDR) utilities.</font><br><font face="Courier"> </font><br><font face="Courier">No action is required from users.</font><br><font face="Courier"> </font><br><font face="Courier">Do you have any concerns or questions with this development? Let us know in this </font><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/t/ibm-bigfix-patch-to-deprecate-and-end-support-for-linux-rpm-patching-site-on-september-29-2017/22405" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Courier">forum thread</font></u></a><font face="Courier">, which we are monitoring closely.</font><br><font face="Courier"> </font><br><font face="Courier">Application Engineering Team</font><font face="Courier"><br></font><font face="Courier">IBM BigFix Patch</font><br><BR>
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