(cross-posting to MVS-OE and IBM-MAIN) On 2014-08-18, at 11:57, ... wrote:
> We don't roll updates to /etc out that way. I create patch files and only > update the current /etc with only the changes required > Rolling /etc with maintenance is a headache > If you are going to roll maintenance then I would suggest making each of > those a mount point and mounting a zFS there instead so that not mater > what is in the base /etc your mounts won't get touched > > Sandra SMP/E ought to provide a ++HFSUPD, which could employ the standard patch(1) utility, even as ++SRCUPD and ++MACUPD are based on IEBUPDTE. Then administrators could maintain customization of files in /etc as USERMODs containing ++HFSUPD and use the customary sequence of RESTORE USERMOD; APPLY PTF; APPLY USERMOD to reconcile local changes with IBM service. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
