> Yeah, this all makes sense. Basically, the idea of APPLY is to build the LMOD > with everything that's been ACCEPTed or previously APPLYed to it. SMP/E has enough information to reconstruct it from scratch if needed, but will save itself the work of rebuilding the LMOD from the MODs if it doesn't have to do it.
> You mention that the MODs are applied from PTFs; I assume that APARs are also > reapplied if not SUPd (which they would be required to be if the PTF you're > working with would clobber them). Yes, FUNCTIONs, PTFs, APARs, USERMODs, whatever SYSMOD last replaced a MOD (the MOD's RMID) can be used to obtain a usable copy of that MOD from the SMPPTS. > Does the same processing apply to RESTORE? Or does it always build from > scratch? RESTORE does behave the same as APPLY in this respect. Kurt Quackenbush IBM | z/OS SMP/E and z/OSMF Software Management | ku...@us.ibm.com Chuck Norris never uses CHECK when he applies PTFs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
