Programs can write to SYSPRINT as long as the blksize is compatible with LRECL so if an installation previoulsy hardcoded a valid blksize instead of using a system determined blksize then no action is required.
This is one of those annoying actions we spend too much time researching only to learn we can ignore it. It is a shame when one IBMer could not put sufficient information in the HOLD data causing thousands of us to go hunt down the APAR. On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:00:13 -0500, Big Iron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Since the blocksize that would have been used before this PTF was not >the "System Defined Blocksize", then some installations may have already >adjusted their procedures to be compatible with the previous incorrect >behaviour. They may now need to take some action to deal with the >change in behaviour introduced by this PTF. > >In other cases, similar (or even more drastic) changes are classified as >documentation change which can cause grief when people assume that >applying those PTFs will not require changes to existing production >applications. > >Also, the information contained on the HOLD may not always be sufficient >to understand all the implications of applying the maintenance and it may >sometimes be necessary to examine the APAR/PTF text. > >Bill > >On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:12:13 +0200, R.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>HOLD(UK33496) SYS FMID(HCI6500) REASON(ACTION) DATE(08037) >>COMMENT >> (If the SYSPRINT file is being written to a data set, please >> note that a System Defined Blocksize will be allocated if no >> BLKSIZE is defined or a BLKSIZE of 0 is defined on the DD card. >> >>My humble questions: >>1. Is it really ACTION to perform ? >>2. Isn't the behaviour obvious and expected ? If yes, then why to >>mention it under any HOLD type ? >>3. Is it funny ? >> >>I also found ACTION which was ...documentation change (in other PTF). >> >>-- >>Radoslaw Skorupka >>Lodz, Poland >> >> >>-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
