I can imagine not reading them - and what I imagine makes me read them. I'd prefer learning from somebody else's mistake, TYVM.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Binyamin Dissen Sent: Saturday, May 3, 2025 1:59 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: BEWARE UO02745 External Message: Use Caution Doctor, doctor, it hurts when I do this! Stop doing this! I put DOC and ACTION holds on PTFs that I write that need them, and I hope that they are read. DOC obvious less critical than ACTION - can't imagine installing one without understanding first. On Sat, 3 May 2025 08:15:53 -0700 Ed Jaffe <000005acc3c79bf7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: :>I don't know how many of you prevent PTFs with ACTION or DOC HOLDs from :>being applied until after you read and fully understand them, but if :>you're busy and are prone to applying first and reading later, this post :>might be for you. :> :>We applied the subject PTF last week to our "production" z/OS 3.1 :>system, and a few days later realized CSSMTP could not send email. At :>first we weren't sure why, so we went through our usual diagnostics. :>Eventually, we inspected recent maintenance and saw both ACTION and DOC :>HOLDs against UO02745 documenting a serious impact to CSSMTP. We :>restored the PTF and magically CSSMTP started working again. :> :>Obviously, we have some deep reading and some configuring to do. In the :>meantime, we put a USER HOLD on that PTF to prevent it being :>accidentally applied before we're ready... -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://secure-web.cisco.com/1h-NGOeYozN9RD97eIZb71fAv6_ulUxf0HmWfADInoiIw3e5X1THwjz_1myNfEJEpbwunBi8xJW6lX-Af_bd1NJJIGpSBl0nZVHA3pxxzBclu75gxOdBh5wv7hUBkqC76t2dq9PfVM0VSvXoeQ_uzhhPSaqO6aKKYS45lKLP-YDId5XA7iAv_Z_2kg38yuaGBsQIEiLF928mIx5Zrd_qI30x4qEl6y20FEeBiBekfNF7IomvEseyqwPiYrGchcXnmWcy0-uwNhgjX4mCTYHzjbhKn-WNeLSTcVy6lLc0AL0w3bLKd6g99Ry32awsCP8qZoPBQXaBo3Cj5f5IsMSXaIZvR5N5q2IA_BdFsgMf_sycSWCNRECYIjEatJembajgFlXOqijF-0pZmre8LAXGX7BrReocWIGvZU6DUuAjANVM/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
