Re: V7R3 Important / Critial PTFs not part of any CUM and/or group

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First these guys are about 1 month old so only enough time to possible 
make one HIPER even if they qualified.

Second I think it depends on the definition of important / critical and 
HIPER to make that call.

Understand that these PTFs do not affect the system or TCP/IP or disk 
support or the database or the web servers or currently operating code. 
In other words their absence has zero affect on the operation of your 
server or your business. So at least in my view they do not meet the 
definition of HI (High Impact) or PER (PERvasive).

Sure they muck up your compiles and for your team that's an issue. 
Fortunately is easily resolved with these PTFs which are able to be 
applied immediately.

But that's the view from my chair.

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On 4/16/2018 10:33 AM, Steinmetz, Paul wrote:
> IPL'd  this past weekend for latest CUM, TR4, and latest Groups.
> Report from staff this morning that RPGLE compiles were failing when trying to use new TR4 features.
>
> Turns out the four PTFs below were released to fix issues related to RPLE compiler and TR4.
> Nothing from IBM about these PTFs.
>
> SI67185 This PTF provides the *CURRENT compiler support for the DATA-INTO opcode
> SI67187 This PTF provides the runtime support for the DATA-INTO opcode
> SI63445 This PTF provides the *PRV compiler support for the DATA-INTO opcode
> SI67183 This PTF provides the copy file you will need to write your own parser. It also provides some sample parsers. See the "Files in library QOAR" section below for details.
>
> Luckily, they all could be applied immediately, no IPL needed.
> I'm running into this often.
> Why aren't PTFs like these included in the bi-weekly hyper group, SF99729?
>
> Thank You
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