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In IBM terminology a '''Program temporary fix''' or '''Product temporary fix''' ('''PTF'''), sometimes depending on date,<ref>In 2001 a long time IBMer wrote "I thought it was now Product Temporary Fix." {{cite web
|url=https://groups.google.com/d/topic/bit.listserv.ibm-main/Ir_Jp8C50KM
|title=Should APARs be accepted}}</ref><ref>Nonetheless PROGRAM temproary fix is still in use. {{cite web
|title=Traps do not process for CiscoAPIC models in CA Spectrum
|url=https://support.ca.com/us/knowledge-base-articles.TEC1984606.html |date=September 11, 2017 |website=ca.com}}</ref> is
|title=PTF - Permanent Temporary Fix (humor)▼
|url=https://www.acronymfinder.com/Permanent-Temporary-Fix-(humor)-(PTF).html}}</ref> or more practically ''probably this fixes'', because they have the option to make the PTF a permanent part of the operating system if the patch fixes the problem.▼
A PTF normally follows an APAR (Authorized Program Analysis Report<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 usage==
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* information on whether a formal fix is scheduled to be included in future releases, and
*whether or not a Program Temporary Fix (PTF) is planned.<ref name=AmiTech/>
==Summary==
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|title=IBM’s APAR process provides the tools for dealing with software issues
|url=http://www.destinationz.org/Mainframe-Solution/Systems-Administration/APAR-Process-Provides-Tools-to-Deal-With-Software-}}</ref>
==Humor==
Customers sometimes explain the acronym in a tongue-in-cheek manner as ''permanent temporary fix''<ref>{{cite web |website=AcronymFinder.com
▲ |title=PTF - Permanent Temporary Fix (humor)
▲ |url=https://www.acronymfinder.com/Permanent-Temporary-Fix-(humor)-(PTF).html}}</ref> or more practically ''probably this fixes'', because they have the option to make the PTF a permanent part of the operating system if the patch fixes the problem.
== See also ==
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