Phon / John / Edward -
I worked with the developer who wrote the original package ship code. this was before component validation. The ship only required backout to be enabled. The output that is created in a package (what ever you want) must have a backout member created. As the product has grown so has the complexity, but the basics are still there - acm not required and backout is still required.
Option B will just show you the backout that is created. No backout no ship.
BACKOUT
MEMBER STATUS DATE TIME DSNAME
SR010 20NOV16 13:55 BST.TESTCASE.LOADLIB2
SR010 20NOV08 13:55 BST.TESTCASE.LISTING2
SR012 20NOV08 13:55 BST.TESTCASE.LOADLIB2
if you do a BX you will see the following:
Member Dataset Name
SR010 BST.TESTCASE.LOADLIB2
SR010 0000000000000000
SR010 BST.TESTCASE.LISTING2
SR010 0000000000000000
SR012 BST.TESTCASE.LOADLIB2
SR012 0000000000000000
if you see all zeros - indication that the element did not exist prior to the ship
if you see all hex - indication that the element did exist prior to the ship
Paul Lewis
Endevor Support