Or "Something!" ;) Al Nims Systems Admin/Programmer 3 Information Technology University of Florida (352) 273-1298
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 3:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: java on Z maintenance level question Seems as if the developers use the version string as their own "twitter". I think that part of it will tell you what the person who built had for lunch :-) Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Nims,Alva John (Al) <[email protected]> wrote: > First the JAVA web page will help: > > http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/tools/java/ > drilling down on that web page for the appropriate version will lead > you to additional help. > > On the page look for and click on the link "IBM 31-bit SDK for z/OS" > " Java Technology Edition, V6.0.0 > > IBM 31-bit SDK for z/OS > > Build Level: July 06, 2014 - SDK6 SR16 FP1 > (PTF UI19838 / APARs PI21725 and PI21726)" > > Then "Product History" will take you to where you click on the > "Service Summary" link, this will give you the SR#'s and FP#'s going back. > > I agree with Mark Jacobs, the Build is just a WAG, I think it comes > from what was done by Oracle. > > At least they both are the 31-bit versions of JAVA. > > Al Nims > Systems Admin/Programmer 3 > Information Technology > University of Florida > (352) 273-1298 > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 3:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: java on Z maintenance level question > > Hi, > > I have a question on java versioning and maintenance levels on z/OS. > I have 2 different copies of Java 1.6.0 and am trying to decipher > which is the more current. I've been under the assumption that the > SRmFPn gave the maintenance level, and that the higher the numbers, > the more current the fix pack. However I have the following 2 levels > of Java and don't know which is newer: > > # ./java -version > java version "1.6.0" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build > pmz3160_26sr5fp2-20130423_01(SR5 > FP2)) > IBM J9 VM (build 2.6, JRE 1.6.0 z/OS s390-31 20130419_145740 (JIT > enabled, AOT enabled) > > # ./java -version > java version "1.6.0" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pmz3160sr13fp2-20130424_01(SR13 > FP2)) IBM J9 VM (build 2.4, JRE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 z/OS s390-31 > jvmmz3160sr13fp2-20130423_146146 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled) > > > Based on the SR5 FP2 on the first one versus the SR13 FP2 on the > second one, I would take the second one as being newer maintenance > level, but the first says it is build 2.6 and the second is 2.4. Can > somebody explain the differences please? If explaining the > differences consists of pointing me to a manual that does the > explanation that would be fine as well, but I couldn't find anything. > > Thanks, > > Rex > > The information contained in this message is confidential, protected > from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this > message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent > responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any > action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly > prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to > this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic > or hard copy format. Thank you. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
