Program temporary fix

In IBM terminology, a Program temporary fix or Product temporary fix (PTF), sometimes depending on date,[1][2] is a single bug fix, or group of fixes, distributed in a form ready to install for customers.

A PTF normally follows an APAR (Authorized Program Analysis Report[3]), and where an "APAR fix" was issued, the PTF "is a tested APAR"[4] or set of APAR fixes. However, if an APAR is resolved as "Fixed If Next" or "Permanent Restriction" then there may be no PTF fixing it, only a subsequent release.

  1. ^ In 2001 a long time IBMer wrote "I thought it was now Product Temporary Fix." "Should APARs be accepted".
  2. ^ Nonetheless PROGRAM temporary fix is still in use. "Traps do not process for CiscoAPIC models in CA Spectrum". ca.com. September 11, 2017.
  3. ^ IBM Corporation. "IBM Security: APARs explained". ibm.com. Retrieved Oct 14, 2019. a formal report from IBM development to customers that have notified IBM of a problem or suspected defect.
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