TPF PUT 17 Tapes

The PUT 17 tape package for TPF base contains 14 tapes. This is unchanged from PUT 16, but because of the number of APARs on PUT 17, some of the data has been shifted among the tapes. The printed memo that is sent in the tape package describes the contents of each tape.

Changes on PUT 17 tapes

A description of the changes on the PUT 17 tapes follows.

The printed memo for the base release includes a section titled, "What is on Program Update Tape (PUT) 17?". This section briefly describes some of the key enhancements that are delivered with this PUT. In the past, this section of the memo was also sent as File 1 on Tape 1 in LIST3820 format. Starting with PUT 17, this file on tape 1 has been eliminated. Be aware that the same information is also available on the TPF PUT Summary Pages area of the TPF Web site.

Real-time assembler

The real-time assembler source segments that are new or changed since the TPF 4.1 GA release are now delivered in one data set on tape 3 instead of being separated into three data sets and delivered on two tapes.

PDS-only segments

One offline assembler segment, sadump.asm, and one real-time assembler segment, cmp1.asm, contain both text and binary characters. A file with text and binary characers cannot reside in the OS/390 UNIX file system without corruption. Therefore, customers who unpack the source tar file on Tape 1 must look for the source for these segments in the partitioned data sets. Segment sadump.asm is found in file 2 on Tape 4. Segment cmp1.asm is found in file 1 on Tape 3.

APAR source tapes

On PUT 16 and earlier PUT tapes, we have delivered a tar file containing source, listings, and binary objects for each APAR on the PUT. Because of the number of APARs on PUT 17, we had to divide the APARs between two tar files. The APARs are ordered alphanumerically, so Tape 13 has a tar file with APAR PJ27717 to PJ28866, and Tape 14 has a tar file with APAR PJ28867 to PJ29089.

New SIP C header data set

APAR PJ28982 introduces a new C header data set in SIP that contains open source headers used by TPF. These headers were first delivered on an earlier PUT in the TPF source tar file, but they were not delivered in a partitioned data set on that PUT. With PUT 17, the headers are available in file 9 on Tape 5 and in file 61 on Tape 12.

Files on PUT 17 tapes

It is unlikely that you will need to unpack every file on every tape to apply PUT 17 to your system. The tapes that you need to unpack depend on what level your current TPF system is at, and whether you prefer to start with the PUT deliverables in partitioned data sets or in OS/390 UNIX. Use the following table to determine what you must unpack. The numbers in the cells represent the file numbers on the tapes. The numbers in parentheses indicate files that are not required to build TPF PUT 17, but they contain helpful data that is common to all methods of installation. The files on tapes 8-12 (other than 50-61 of tape 12) and the files on tapes 13 and 14 are used if you want to unpack individual PUT 17 APARs.