Re: pgm object/source comparison

Dave,

Thanks for the suggestion on the dates. Great idea. Sometimes you
get tunnel vision, if you know what I mean. It may not guarantee it,
but I'll sleep a heckuva lot better at night!

thanks,
ga

Dave McKenzie <x@xxx> wrote:

>For OPM pgms, one pretty definitive way is to match "Source file change
>date/time" in DSPPGM with the source member's "Change date" and "Change
>time," which you can see with option 8 of the PDM member list, or "Last
>source update date/time" in DSPFD.
>
>For ILE pgms, match date/time for each module.
>
>However, there are several ways the date/time of the source member can
>change without changing the actual source text, such as CPYF, or option
>3 of PDM.
>
>Matching size isn't very reliable, because program size can change with
>different releases (or even PTFs) of the compiler.
>
>--Dave
>
>
>George Applegate wrote:
>> Recently I installed a new iseries for a company that had been running
>> on a box around 8 years old. I moved the libraries, files and
>> programs over, and, as part of that process, it converted the programs
>> automatically - but didn't recompile them.
>>
>> I have developed a concern recently that the source code may not match
>> the programs. I recently had to recompile about 50 programs; in the
>> process, two compiles failed, for programs that were running. It
>> seems fairly obvious that the source code in those two don't match the
>> object, and who knows how many more.
>>
>> I am wondeirng if the programmer they had before, who did a lot of
>> work off-site, would occasionly send them a tape with programs to
>> load...but not always the newer source code??? Scary, huh?
>>
>> What would be the best way to tackle this project, to determine if
>> they match? I'm knd of a novice on something like this. I listed all
>> programs out that were created on a system other than the old system
>> and the new system. About 70 programs. If I would recompile those
>> programs into a new library, and compare sizes to the existing
>> program...would that be a pretty good check?? Right now my concern
>> would be over these 70 programs. I guess I feel if the program was
>> created/compiled on the old/new system...I'm fairly safe in assuming
>> the source code I have in the source file is probably okay???
>>
>> Suggestions or thoughts?
>>
>> thanks,
>> ga
>> George Applegate
>> gappleg8@xxxxxxxxxx

George Applegate
gappleg8@xxxxxxxxxx
.

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