When I was doing systems programming work of this type, we always installed the exits using USERMOD statements in SMPE. Then if any exit needed re-assembly it would be done automatically by SMPE. It takes a little work to understand the process, but it pays off in the longer run.
Lennie -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Radoslaw Skorupka Sent: 21 April 2025 10:37 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Exits reassembly W dniu 21.04.2025 o 10:14, Peter pisze: > Hello > > Apology for the dummy question > > How do we know if a particular exit needs a reassembly before > migrating to a newer zos version? > > I have seen some exits work by just copying over without reassembly. > > Any thoughts or advise based on your experience It's not dummy question. However there is no requirement to *always* reassembly an exit when migrating to newer z/OS version. However: 1. Why do we reassemble? Because exit uses macros and structures which are likely (but not always) may change. 2. Instead of detailed analysis which it is simply easier to reassemble. 3. It is not only system upgrade. It can be some PTF as well, which causes the need to reassemble. IMHO much less likely. 4. There are exits for some applications, in that case the need for reassemble would be different. It can be because system change or product change. Or both. My €0.02 -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
