On Thu, 29 May 2014 11:21:06 -0400, Kurt Quackenbush wrote:

>> When HOLDDATA are issued, such as:
>>
>>     ++ HOLD( pepatch ) ERROR REASON( resolve ) ...
>>
>> and the hold is first resolved by an APAR fix, does the
>> SYSMOD ID of the APAR match the REASON ID:
>>
>>     ++ APAR( resolve ) ...
>>
>> or SUPersede it:
>>
>>     ++ APAR( interim) SUP( resolve ) ...
>>
>> Either is syntactically acceptable to SMP/E, but which is IBM's
>> convention?
>
>The former; ++APAR name matches the reason-id on the ++HOLD.

Sometimes. When there are multiple ++APARs, they do not (all) match the 
reason-id. I have seen, for example, HOLD reason-id AYnnnnn and 
++APARs with names BYnnnnn, CYnnnnn, DYnnnnn, etc. In this case, it 
is the latter. The eventual PTF will SUP the HOLD reason-id and any 
++APAR that was created for that FMID.

>
>> Of course, the final PTF will be one of:
>>
>>      ++ PTF( stable ) SUP( resolve ) ...
>>      ++ PTF( stable ) SUP( interim, resolve ) ...
>>
>> And if a PE affects multiple releases of a product, will a single
>> REASON ID be used for all releases, or will REASON be peculiar
>> to each release?
>
>The reason-id on the ++HOLD is NOT release specific.

Agreed. And when APAR SYSMODs are provided, there will be a 
unique ++APAR name for each FMID.

-- 
Tom Marchant

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