On Wed, 13 May 2015 12:46:05 -0400, John Eells wrote: > >... The maximum sizes of PDS >and PDSE members do not permit large products to be packaged with >instream elements, because they will not fit in a single member. > Oops. Forgot about that. Thanks. Sigh. Another antiquated constraint.
>..., unless and until we move SMPPTS data to the z/OS UNIX file >system--and I can imagine some people recoiling in horror >already!--these limits will continue to pertain and RELFILEs will remain >necessary. > Some people are more fearful of the solution than of the problem. Future Shock. >(But again...continued focus on the vagaries RECEIVE/APPLY/ACCEPT for >customers to install products is sort of quaint, and misplaced, in my view.) > Do you say that because RECEIVE ORDER masks those vagaries from the user. It doesn't, not entirely. This list has frequent contributions regarding space overflowed in SMPNTS, SMPWKDIR, SMPPTS, ... Thanks, gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
