Re: System/38 environment

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

And being a "damn the torpedoes" kind of guy, 9am on a Thursday seemed like
a good time to do this.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 9:02 AM Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Upon rereading I realized I left off
> DLTLICPGM LICPGM(5770SS1) OPTION(6)
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 9:01 AM Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > "If" you are not using S/38 environment I suggest removing it prior to
> > your upgrade to IBM i 7.6.
> > We never had a S/38.  However, prior to IBM i there was OS/400.  OS/400
> > had many of the same S/38 commands but some were changed to match the
> > naming structure of the new OS.  For those with some of the older names
> > embedded into CL IBM had S/38 environment.  Unlike S/36 environment that is
> > pretty much all S/38 environment did.  We had a vendor package (no longer
> > in use) which required S/38 environment.  I'm guessing a rushed migration.
> >
> > If you leave S/38 environment on, after the upgrade you will have issues
> > with CHKPRDOPT *OPSYS.  There are ways to resolve it.
> >
> > How do I test?
> > Well one suggestion from IBM (which I've used in the past) is do the
> > following
> > CRTSAVF MYLIB/S38ENV
> > SAVLICPGM LICPGM(5770SS1) DEV(*SAVF) OPTION(6) SAVF(MYLIB/S38ENV)
> >
> > Related to the CHKPRDOPT issue, if you wait until after the upgrade, you
> > will get
> > *CMD MRGFORMD in QSYS38 not found for product 5770SS1 option 6 release
> >   V7R6M0.
> > *CMD MRGFORMD in QSYS38 not found for product 5770SS1 option 0006 release
> >   V7R6M0.
> > Exit program processing found error in product.
> > Product 5770SS1 option 6 release V7R6M0 not processed.
> > Objects for product 5770SS1 option 6 release *ONLY not saved.
> >
> > Why?  Well, because there is an issue with the upgrade.  IBM announced
> > the removal of many commands.  MRGFORMD being one of them.  They only
> > planned on removing it from one library not knowing there is a exit point
> > which removes it also from S/38.
> >
> > Work around:
> > RSTLICPGM of 5770ss1 JUST option 6, from your 7.6 media.
> > Yes, you can use the 7.6 one.
> > Now your CHKPRDOPT and SAVLICPGM will work.  At least until some upgrade
> > or some such thing fires off another removal of that object.
> >
> > Now, I know there's a small subset of you who are thinking this is a
> > devious little back door to getting MRGFORMD back.  A command I've NEVER
> > used.  And have no idea what it does.  Nor do I care to learn.