Is Recompiling the CA Easytrieve Programs necessary when upgrading?

Products

• Easytrieve Report Generator

Issue/Introduction

When upgrading from Easytrieve release 11.0 or 11.5 to release 11.6, is it a requirement to recompile all of the
Easytrieve programs?

Environment

Easytrieve Report Generator, release 11.x

Resolution

Recompiling every program is not necessary as long as maintenance is applied and some testing is completed and is successful. The same compiler is used between all release 11.x releases.

Additional Information

Links in Techdocs Broadcom: 

New Features, Enhancements, and Changes in Easytrieve for Release 11.6

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/devops/ca-easytrieve-report-generator/11-6/release-notes/new-features.html
 

Migrate Options Table Settings (within 11 versions)

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/devops/ca-easytrieve-report-generator/11-6/installing/install-easytrieve-for-z-os/configuring/configure-your-product/configure-without-ca-csm/migrate-options-table-settings-within-11-versions.html