Re: smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-27 Thread Seymour J Metz
ould Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 8:38 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs. > On May 25, 2018, at 12:39 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson > wrote: > > I'm sympathetic to the argument that new stuff should be investigated, but > the

Re: smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread Edward Gould
> On May 25, 2018, at 12:39 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson > wrote: > > I'm sympathetic to the argument that new stuff should be investigated, but > the problem is whether that really happens in practice. We've all met the > sysprog who meticulously codes parameter defaults as a kind of in-your-face >

Re: smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 11:03 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs. On Fri, 25 May 2018 17:39:03 +, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > >As for getting inconsistent results, I suspect that SMP/E resul

Re: smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 25 May 2018 17:39:03 +, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > >As for getting inconsistent results, I suspect that SMP/E results can be >influenced by the particular mix of elements being processed in a given run. >That is, applying SYSMOD-A and SYSMOD-B in the same step might uncover a >sinkhol

Re: smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread John McKown
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 12:43 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > My song "PUT Process" was motivated by real incidents. JES2 service was > especially bad; they would issue a PTF with a packaging error and the fix > would again have a packaging error. > ​Yeah, I remember "JES2 level sets". Unfortunately,

Re: smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread John McKown
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 12:39 PM Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > I'm sympathetic to the argument that new stuff should be investigated, but > the problem is whether that really happens in practice. We've all met the > sysprog who meticulously codes parameter defaults as a kind of in-your-face > documen

Re: smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread Seymour J Metz
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Jesse 1 Robinson Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 1:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs. I'm sympathetic to the argument that new stuff should be investigated, but the problem is whet

Re: smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
May 25, 2018 10:03 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs. (It's Friday; SPAM is above suspicion.) On Fri, 25 May 2018 16:41:56 +, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >I don't see any problem with the BYPASS statement exc

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 25 May 2018 11:19:58 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >SYSLIB? SYSLMOD? Whatever. I don't believe SMP/E cares about SYSLIB >DD statement images in Binder JCLIN. It does with CALLLIBS. -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN sub

Re: smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
(It's Friday; SPAM is above suspicion.) On Fri, 25 May 2018 16:41:56 +, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >I don't see any problem with the BYPASS statement except that it's needlessly >specific. BYPASS(HOLDSYSTEM) without the list of types should not only >suffice--it does for me--but also hedges ag

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
TED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs. On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 10:41 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > What was on the APPLY statement? > ​It is my standard. The BYPASS _might_ be part of the problem, but I really don't see why it would cause _this_ error.

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread Seymour J Metz
: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 12:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs. On Fri, 25 May 2018 07:37:53 -0500,

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread John McKown
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 10:41 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > What was on the APPLY statement? > ​It is my standard. The BYPASS _might_ be part of the problem, but I really don't see why it would cause _this_ error. SETBOUNDARY (MVST100) . APPLY ASSEM JCLI

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 25 May 2018 07:37:53 -0500, John McKown wrote: >On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 7:26 AM Tom Marchant wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 May 2018 12:20:18 +, Allan Staller wrote: >> >> >Check the releted DDDEF's and the SYSLIB/CALLLIB concat. >> >> SYSLIB? The SYSLIB DDDEF is for assemblies, not for link e

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread Seymour J Metz
/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs. URL to a Github "gist" with the output that the Listserv rejected. https://secure-web.cisco.com/1Gz91TSt9ItPQtPLAij5Im4PzjOnDpPoeJEyHyHuCN9yw-f50iRHiTJJySBmfW7ssRLowZzlUU8HGLElgFkDIpUqoWNAE-u9LDZPlIqiRDA_zSxLfIAHXoOhvn2mEN1RHmAxFwkPUT72wLlOrd

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread John McKown
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 7:26 AM Tom Marchant < 000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2018 12:20:18 +, Allan Staller wrote: > > >Check the releted DDDEF's and the SYSLIB/CALLLIB concat. > > SYSLIB? The SYSLIB DDDEF is for assemblies, not for link edits. > ​Tru

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 25 May 2018 12:20:18 +, Allan Staller wrote: >Check the releted DDDEF's and the SYSLIB/CALLLIB concat. SYSLIB? The SYSLIB DDDEF is for assemblies, not for link edits. -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / sig

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread John McKown
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 7:21 AM Allan Staller wrote: > Sounds like a SMP/E Configuration error. Check the releted DDDEF's and the > SYSLIB/CALLLIB concat. > Other SMP/E error messages? > ​That is the only error message. Not really an SMP/E error, just an unacceptable RC from the Binder​ due to t

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-25 Thread Allan Staller
: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Fwd: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs. Message below, with attached output, was reject by the Listserv because it had too many lines (>1000) -- Forwarded message - From: John McKown Date: Thu, May 24, 2018 at

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 24 May 2018 12:55:01 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: > >>OK, y'all probably know that I'm on a very back level system -- z/OS 1.12 >>and we're even back level on maintenance. I'm trying to get more up to >>date, mainly for "fun & profit". Anyway. There are a number of RACF modules >>which were h

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread Edward Gould
> > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of > John McKown > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:14 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu > Subject: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs. > > O

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread John McKown
URL to a Github "gist" with the output that the Listserv rejected. https://gist.github.com/JohnArchieMckown/20d995cce8e2f201a4cf9725c4932092 On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 3:30 PM Tom Marchant < 000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2018 15:58:54 -0400, John Eells wrot

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 24 May 2018 15:58:54 -0400, John Eells wrote: >Tom Marchant wrote: >> On Thu, 24 May 2018 13:30:20 -0500, John McKown wrote: >> >>> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 12:40 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: >>> Have you looked at the MOD entries for the missing csects? >>> >>> ​Yes, they look correct to

Fwd: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread John McKown
Message below, with attached output, was reject by the Listserv because it had too many lines (>1000) -- Forwarded message - From: John McKown Date: Thu, May 24, 2018 at 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs. To: IBM Mainfr

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread John Eells
Tom Marchant wrote: On Thu, 24 May 2018 13:30:20 -0500, John McKown wrote: On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 12:40 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: Have you looked at the MOD entries for the missing csects? ​Yes, they look correct to me. The entries for each MOD (missing & not missing) points to AOSBN as wh

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread Longabaugh, Robert E
Of Tom Marchant Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 2:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs. On Thu, 24 May 2018 13:35:06 -0500, John McKown wrote: >I'm going to do a complete disk-level restore of the target system &

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 24 May 2018 13:35:06 -0500, John McKown wrote: >I'm going to do a complete disk-level restore of the target system >(sandbox). And the Global zone as well, I hope. Otherwise you will have a global out of sync with the target zone. >I had a number Sx37 abends which may be the main proble

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 24 May 2018 13:30:20 -0500, John McKown wrote: >On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 12:40 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > >> Have you looked at the MOD entries for the missing csects? > >​Yes, they look correct to me. The entries for each MOD (missing & not >missing) points to AOSBN as where it resides.​

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread John Eells
A MOD entry represents a member of a DLIB data set. Each DLIB data set member may contain one or more sections, like CSECTs. (Those CSECTs residing in a particular DLIB member might or might not be known to SMP/E, depending on how the product was packaged. But SMP/E really acts on the MODs.)

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread Allan Staller
scussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 1:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs. On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 12:40 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > Did you do anythin

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread John McKown
Thanks to all. After all this work, my boss has informed me that everything I have done is unnecessary. I was looking at this to stage up to our (hopefully) getting a z12BC and a new version of z/OS (probably the lowest version which can still be ordered "to minimize changes"). Of course, a big pro

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread John McKown
On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 12:40 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > Did you do anything equivalent to NCAL? > ​No, but why would IBM do INCLUDE statements for some MODS but not others in the same distribution library (AOSBN)?​ > > Have you looked at the MOD entries for the missing csects? > ​Yes, they

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 24 May 2018 09:14:20 -0500, John McKown wrote: >OK, y'all probably know that I'm on a very back level system -- z/OS 1.12 >and we're even back level on maintenance. I'm trying to get more up to >date, mainly for "fun & profit". Anyway. There are a number of RACF modules >which were hit and

Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread Seymour J Metz
Discussion List on behalf of John McKown Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: [SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs. OK, y'all probably know that I'm on a very back level system -- z/OS 1.12 and we're even back level

[SUSPECTED SPAM] smp/e question - PTF relinks, but missing CSECTs.

2018-05-24 Thread John McKown
OK, y'all probably know that I'm on a very back level system -- z/OS 1.12 and we're even back level on maintenance. I'm trying to get more up to date, mainly for "fun & profit". Anyway. There are a number of RACF modules which were hit and SMP/E tries to relink them. The problem seems to be that so