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Line 5: \|url=https://support.ca.com/us/knowledge-base-articles.TEC1984606.html \|date=September 11, 2017 \|website=ca.com}}</ref> is a one or more [[software bug\|bug]] fixes {{endash}} distributed in a form ready to [[software installation\|install]]. A PTF normally follows an [[Authorized Program Analysis Report]] (APAR),<ref>{{cite web \|last1=IBM Corporation \|title=IBM Security: APARs explained \|url=https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-security-apars-explained \|website=ibm.com \|accessdate=Oct 14, 2019}} a formal report from IBM development to customers that have notified IBM of a problem or suspected defect.</ref>, and where an "APAR fix" was issued, the PTF "is a tested APAR"<ref name=Gabe/> 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. ==PTF installation== Line 114: The focus of the "APAR fix" is "to rectify the problem as soon as possible"<ref name=Mehdi>{{cite web \|title=Diff between PTF, APAR, INTERMFIX \|author=Mehdi Salebi \|url=http://unix.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/ibm-aix-l/diff-between-ptfaparintermfix-4353121 \|date=August 7, 2011}}</ref> whereas the PTF "is a tested APAR... The PTF 'closes' the APAR. " Prior to that, an APAR is "a problem with an IBM program that is formally tracked until a solution is provided.”<ref name=Gabe>{{cite web

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