Re: Joe's V5R1 upgrade (was totally unrelated topic)

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

why not download mf28114 and try to install it?
jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 11:06 PM
Subject: RE: Joe's V5R1 upgrade (was totally unrelated topic)


> > From: Joe Pluta
> >
> > The cume has a problem; MF27247 is superseded by MF28114, and so cannot
> > load.  However, MF28114 is not on my machine, so I don't know
> > what to do.  I just IPLed and left it at that for now.
>
> This is indeed a problem, everyone.  I get:
>
> CPD35D2
> Message: Licensed Internal Code fix MF27247 is superseded.
> Cause: Licensed Internal Code fix MF27247 could not be applied because
> superseding Licensed Internal Code fix MF28144 is already installed.
>
> When I try to display MF28144, I get:
>
> CPF6602
> PTF 5722999-MF28144 *ALL not found.
>
> So, MF27427 thinks MF28144 is loaded even when it is not.  Any
suggestions?
>
> Joe
>
> P.S. Rooting atround the bowels of the archives found an old note that
Neil
> Palmer had from back in the mid-90's about this whole PTF database thing.
> It seems it (the database) can indeed get out of sync, and if a PTF gets
> mistakenly flagged as superseded, there's no way to unflag it.  A
suggestion
> was to remove the PTF database (files QAPZPTF* in QUSRSYS) and re-IPL.  I
am
> giving that a shot as I type this.  The worse that could happen is I need
to
> do a scratch install, which is basically where I was this morning anyway
> <smile>.
>
> "The nice thing about hitting your bottom is that there's nowhere to go
but
> up."
>
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