On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 23:17:09 -0600, Brian Westerman wrote: >That's the main reason they want you to do these individually, they are really >big. > I suspect it's a genuine functional dependency. Imagine a scenario:
PTFA upgrades the assembler by adding a new opcode. PTFB contains a ++SRC element that uses that new opcode. The assembler step for PTFB can not run before the load module updates of PTFA are complete, but SMP/E generally performs assembler steps before binder steps. An RFE could provide for "firm" prerequisites such that SMP/E performs all steps of the prerequisite PTF before any steps of the dependent PTF. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
