I recently ran into an issue where LE and COBOL needed to be updated concurrently. Due to a timing problem in rollout, this caused a major kerfluffle.
I would be very careful mixing and matching between LE and Cobol. Otherwise, the buildmcs route should work. HTH, -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Brian Westerman Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2019 9:53 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS 2.3 and ENT COBOL 4.2 I'm at 2.3 and I have HLE77A0 (suped by HLE77B0) Language Environment Base JADB42H IBM ENTERPRISE COBOL FOR Z/OS HFS JADB421 IBM ENTERPRISE COBOL FOR Z/OS ENU JADB422 IBM ENTERPRISE COBOL FOR Z/OS JPN (not sure why this is even here) So in theory all I would need to do is run a BUILDMCS for these guys and use the resulting output as input to 2.4 when it comes out to be able to stay at LE 4.2? Brian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ::DISCLAIMER:: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN