On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:07:57 +0300, Binyamin Dissen
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:58:42 -0400 "Sumi, Joseph J. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>:>If "product A" has a PTF that requires a PTF from "product B".......
>:>would you expect "products A's" PTF to have a HOLD indicating to apply
>:>"product B's" PTF or would you expect a COREQ ?
>
>A tough call as they might be in different GLOBAL zones.
>
>IFREQ is better as it is automatic, but if the products are in global zones
>there is no way that SMP can know from the A CSI that there is product B.
>

Possibly, but this can all be done automatically with conditional ++IF
assuming SMP/E has been set up correctly. 

See the SMP/E User's Guide under: 
Specifying automatic cross-zone requisite checking

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/GIMUSR36/3.6.3?SHELF=GIM2BK60&DT=20070428231340

Mark
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