Re: AS/400 Y2K bug -- MIDRANGE-L

Neil,

Great point!  Why should another call be made if it is a known problem
across all active releases of OS/400.  That should trigger the additional
red tape within IBM to get it there.

Mike Shaw


-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Palmer <NeilP@DPSlink.com>
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com' <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 3:37 PM
Subject: RE: AS/400 Y2K bug


>Marty,
>
>Just a comment here, and maybe this has already been done but it's just
>not in the area you work in.  You mention it's a known problem and the
>fix is built into a future release.  As it's a Y2K bug problem this fix
>should automatically trigger a PTF to be created for all Y2K compliant
>releases whether or not one of our Midrange-L colleagues in Japan opens
>a support call which would to trigger an APAR.  In fact, shouldn't
>someone in Rochester (whoever discovered the problem) already have
>opened an APAR internally against V3R2/V3R7/V4R1/V4R2 & V4R3 for this ?
>
>If not I'm sure we'd like to know why it would take a customer to
>complain specifically before an APAR was opened for a known Y2K bug.
>
>
>Neil Palmer         DPS Data Processing Services Canada Ltd.
>                                             AS/400~~~~~
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: keech@VNET.IBM.COM [SMTP:keech@VNET.IBM.COM]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 4:20 PM
>To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject: AS/400 Y2K bug
>
>Ken wrote:
>
>>
>>Thank you for your information. Would you please inform to
>>mailing list when the PTF is GA?
>>
>>keech@VNET.IBM.COM wrote
>>in <199809151402.JAA11121@uucphost.mcs.net>
>>on Tue, 15 Sep 98 09:01:23 CDT
>>
>>>We've got a fix put into
>>>the base of a 'future' release, and are working on a PTF for existing
>>>releases.
>>P.S.
>>If my English is too bad to your understand, point out any errors to
>me.
>>Thanks.
>>--
>>Ken Yamasaki
>>Yokohama Kanagawa,JAPAN
>>ML/400=>http://www.tama.or.jp/~yamaken/ml400/
>>(in Japanese only)
>
>Ken,
>Your English is very understandable.  Much better than my Japanese.
>
>I am afraid I cannot supply you with a PTF number.  The error is not
>in my code, and there has not been an APAR opened for this problem.
>Mitsuhiro should contact his level 2 support to report the problem
>and open an APAR.  At that point the PTFs can be generated for the
>proper releases.
>
>I'm sorry if I misled anyone.  I can't take the place of normal level
>2 support.
>
>Sorry,
>Marty Keech IBM AS400 APPC, Payment Server, 'n Stuff


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