Re: Is there anyway to change a PI and not re-bind?

[Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

AGlauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Unless you create a new signature without making the existing signature a 
> *PRV entry?  Wouldn't that stop any programs that were not rebound from 
> calling the *SRVPGM?  I was thinking that this strategy could be used if 
> you removed a procedure from a *SRVPGM, or changed the order of the 
> procedures for some reason - just in case you missed anything when doing 
> your UPDPGMs.

You're right, if you don't continue to provide the old signature, 
existing programs would get a signature violation.

But if I wanted to remove a procedure from a *SRVPGM, I'd just change it 
so it gave an exception when it was called.  That way, programs that 
weren't calling it would still run fine.

I can't think of any reason to change the order of the procedures that 
would make it worth the hassle.

Ideally, changes to service programs should never require any UPDPGMs.