The standard display lists the name, type, generation number, and
status of each object. The expanded display, which you request
by using the /FULL qualifier, includes the destination root
directory and the product that owns the object.
Each file and library module object has an associated generation
number, either explicit or implied. A generation number is an
integer value in which the largest value in a comparison of
generation numbers denotes the object that supersedes the others.
The product developer specifies generation numbers to aid PCSI in
resolving conflict on installation when two or more products or
patch kits supply the same object. An explicit or implicit value
of zero means no generation information has been supplied. A tie
of non-zero generation numbers means the objects are identical
and that an object from a product kit should replace a previously
installed object. If all generation numbers in a comparison are
zero, the conflict cannot be resolved.
Each object has an installation status. A status of "OK" means
that the object is currently installed. A status of "Conflict"
indicates that the object lost a generation comparison with an
object of the same name supplied by another product or patch.
This is not an error condition. "OK/Adopt" indicates that a
product inherited the object from another product. This happens
only when a product loses an object conflict to another product,
and, subsequently, the other product is removed, causing the file
or module on the system to be adopted by the surviving product.