Re: PTF level in SYSPRINT? (was: ASSEMBLER-LIST Digest ...)

2014-04-04 Thread David de Jongh
And what does this have to do with the discussion of PTF level in SYSPRINT? I believe this should have been Rexx substr not retiring string (sic) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Thursday

Re: PTF level in SYSPRINT? (was: ASSEMBLER-LIST Digest ...)

2014-04-04 Thread John Gilmore
The locution nul character, x'00' (SBCS) or x'' (DBCS) is unobjectionable. It is in wide use. The C string of 'conceptually unlimited' length is delimited by a null or a null character. A null|nul string is one of length zero. To say more is to descend into implementation detail, though

Re: PTF level in SYSPRINT

2014-04-03 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:45:36 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: On 2 April 2014 06:04, Sharuff Morsa3 wrote: It is interesting to note that the IBM Installation manager is fast catching up on installing... http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP102014

PTF level in SYSPRINT? (was: ASSEMBLER-LIST Digest ...)

2014-04-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2014-04-03, at 10:46, John Walker wrote: Is the null character termination of execio a new thing, or just something I was not aware of before this? Unfortunately, with the new crowd of pc-minted programmers taking over in the mainframe realm, we are likely to see more and more datasets

Automatic reply: PTF level in SYSPRINT? (was: ASSEMBLER-LIST Digest ...)

2014-04-03 Thread Capps, Joey
I am out of the office until Tuesday - Dan Smith is in charge in my place. Thanks, Joey

PTF level in SYSPRINT? (was: ASSEMBLER-LIST Digest ...)

2014-04-03 Thread Ze'ev Atlas
2014 (#2014-62) LISTSERV at the University of Georgia ASSEMBLER-LIST Digest - 1 Apr 2014 to 2 Apr 2014 (#2014-62) Table of contents: PTF level in SYSPRINT (6) CPU Measurement Facility Documentation (2) Rexx substr not retiring string PTF level in SYSPRINT PTF level

PTF level in SYSPRINT

2014-04-02 Thread Sharuff Morsa3
Gil If you (or anyone on the list) would like to see the PTF level in a GBLC symbol, or indeed, any other useful piece of information in a system GBLC, simply raise a requirement (go read http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21577670 on how to do raise one). And as Jonathan mentioned,

Re: PTF level in SYSPRINT

2014-04-02 Thread Jonathan Scott
Ref: Your note of Tue, 1 Apr 2014 19:26:04 -0700 The HLASM product has always used a single chain of maintenance rather than a tree, and provided the INFO option to list the product changes. I don't know the specific reason that this choice was made, over 20 years ago, but as HLASM uses common

Re: PTF level in SYSPRINT

2014-04-02 Thread John Gilmore
Storm warning of pedantry to follow Sharuf Morsa's characterization of system variable symbols (like SYSDATC) as 'GBLC symbols' is not quite right. They are not global character set symbols. They cannot be set by a programmer at all; some have local and some have global scope; some have

Re: PTF level in SYSPRINT

2014-04-02 Thread Paul Gilmartin
(overriding the personal Reply-to: -- others might value replies.) On 2014-04-01, at 20:26, Jon Perryman wrote: This means a PE'd PTF will hold up ASM maintenance until the fixing PTF becomes available. It also means we can't install a PTF to fix a specific error. Does the ASM group ship

Re: PTF level in SYSPRINT

2014-04-02 Thread Tony Harminc
On 2 April 2014 06:04, Sharuff Morsa3 sharuff_mo...@uk.ibm.com wrote: It is interesting to note that the IBM Installation manager is fast catching up on installing, tracking products and service levels - and is being used by WAS on z - see:

Re: PTF level in SYSPRINT

2014-04-02 Thread John Gilmore
I seemed to have botched SharufF Morsa's name, for which I apologize. In mitigation I can only plead that two of my former students, one Pakistani and one Persian/Bahktiari transliterate their names as 'Sharuf' with only one 'f' and that I had never before seen this transliteration. John

Re: PTF level in SYSPRINT

2014-04-01 Thread Jonathan Scott
Ref: Your note of Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:26:21 -0600 Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com writes: (Motivated by a thread in IBM-MAIN.) I notice that the HLASM PTF level appears on the first page of every SYSPRINT. Does this imply that there is a unique CSECT updated by every PTF? Module

Re: PTF level in SYSPRINT

2014-04-01 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2014-04-01, at 02:46, Jonathan Scott wrote: Ref: Your note of Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:26:21 -0600 Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com writes: (Motivated by a thread in IBM-MAIN.) I notice that the HLASM PTF level appears on the first page of every SYSPRINT. Does this imply that there is

Re: PTF level in SYSPRINT

2014-04-01 Thread Jonathan Scott
Ref: Your note of Tue, 1 Apr 2014 05:09:21 -0600 Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com writes: ... May I have your permission to quote you on IBM-MAIN? I hope I wouldn't say anything on this list such that I would have any problem with it being quoted elsewhere! The fact that ASMA9Z and

Re: PTF level in SYSPRINT

2014-04-01 Thread Jon Perryman
This means a PE'd PTF will hold up ASM maintenance until the fixing PTF becomes available. It also means we can't install a PTF to fix a specific error. Does the ASM group ship APAR's to allow specific problems to be resolved without applying all PTF's? The C compiler list 4 PTF's as the

PTF level in SYSPRINT

2014-03-31 Thread Paul Gilmartin
(Motivated by a thread in IBM-MAIN.) I notice that the HLASM PTF level appears on the first page of every SYSPRINT. Does this imply that there is a unique CSECT updated by every PTF? Implying that each PTF has its immediate predecessor as a PRErequisite? Implying, in turn, that the graph of