Re: Removing superseded PTFs

IBM is correct. The key is understanding that a superseded PTF never
actually existed on your system. If it HAD it would instead show Perm
Applied.

Here's how it works. Consider these two systems:

"A" Has PTFs in this status.
None

"B" Has this
SI10001 Temp Apply

Now Both systems load and apply PTF SI10002 which SuperCedes PTF SI10001

Now they will look thus:

"A"
SI10001 Superceded
SI10002 Temp Apply

"B"
SI10001 Perm Apply
SI10002 Temp Apply.

The DIfference is that System "A" never had SI10001 on it at all. So it
is simply marked in the PTF DB as "Superceded." This means that the
FUNCION applied by that PTF IS present though provided by SI10002.

System "B" though DID have SI10001 so on that system it is Permanently
Applied in the process of applying SI10002.

So if you then remove the SI10002 from the two systems they would then
look like tihs:

"A" Has PTFs in this status.
None

"B" Has this
SI10001 Perm Apply


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