Real sysprogs don't need SMP/E. They code in binary. But BTW ouch and double and triple ouch. Like the little boy who begged for a pony but found a big pile of horse manure under the tree, he was thrilled anyway because under all that manure he was sure there had to be an actual pony.
. . JO.Skip Robinson SCE Infrastructure Technology Services Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] From: Mark Zelden <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 05/01/2012 03:02 PM Subject: Re: Java PTF Packaging Error Deletes the Java SDK With RC=0! (See APAR IV05507) Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Tue, 1 May 2012 13:05:56 -0700, Edward Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote: >Real z/OS sysprogs be on the lookout for this... > >Still causing us grief (SMP/E RESTORE failed; 64-bit Java ZFS was restored but >now APPLY REDO fails because RESTORE failed previously; in the process of >restoring the SMP/E environment...) > <snip> Even though I insist on SMP/E installs wherever possible, this is my exception to the rule. I haven't used SMP/E for a Java install since the first few times I installed it. I don't even remember the level back then. Maybe 1.4, but could be prior. I know for sure I wasn't using SMP/E at later levels of 1.4. It's just extra work and space for managing a PTF that replaces the entire product / unix file system contents with each apply. I don't need SMP/E to keep track of that for me. I guess I'm not a real sysprog. :-) Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
