I'm not sure how 'easy' it is to keep current with z/OS maintenance, but LE libraries are included with the operating system and need to be kept up to date. I trust that before potentially disruptive compiler changes become GA, IBM will have released LE PTFs to accommodate those changes. An 'old library' is not one that has been around for a long time. It's one that has been allowed to molder for lack of TLC.
I reiterate that no shop I've been in--every one a business oriented user of vendor products, not a developer--has included recompile as part of SOP migration from test to production. . . JO.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] From: Sam Siegel <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Date: 06/06/2013 07:30 AM Subject: Re: To recompile or not recompile, that's the question Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 7:10 AM, John Gilmore <[email protected]> wrote: > My own experience with the Enterprise PL/I Compiler and the relevant > libraries is that Shmuel's second sort of problem, viz., > > 2. Code compiled with new compiler doesn't run correctly with old > libraries. > > is still a significant one in a slightly different form: the > incompatibilities are now among different versions of the LE > libraries. > > There are easy workarounds available to the experienced, but they > provide neither aid nor comfort to the inexperienced. > > Please provide the easy workarounds so that we can all use them. > John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
