Right you are. The question should have been, are the updates to the source 
provided in the maintenance stream?

Regards, 
Richard Schuh 

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System 
> [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Wade
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:44 PM
> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> Subject: Re: Operator Console
> 
> $pedant mode on
> 
> Be careful. The question was "is source code updated by PTFs"
> 
> I would have said changed the "YES" to a "NO" but left the 
> rest the same.
> Source Code updates are delivered with PTFs but the BASE 
> SOURCE isn't actually changed. Rebuilding a module will have 
> the updates applied and a TEXT deck generated with the 
> changes in. However if you want to view the updated source 
> you can't just open them in XEDIT
> 
> I think I have been doing too many Microsoft/Citrix/IBM lotus 
> certification exams.
> 
> $PEDANT MODE OFF
> 
> Dave
> G4UGM
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System 
> [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] 
> > On Behalf Of Alan Altmark
> > Sent: 21 July 2009 17:58
> > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Operator Console
> > 
> > On Tuesday, 07/21/2009 at 11:42 EDT, "Schuh, Richard" 
> > <rsc...@visa.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Does that source get updated by PTFs? If not, it is just a better 
> > > way to
> > 
> > > present what was in microfiche in OS/360.
> > 
> > Yes, PTFs deliver source updates to all modules for which 
> we ship the 
> > base source.
> > 
> > Alan Altmark
> > z/VM Development
> > IBM Endicott
> 

Reply via email to