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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...
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FA - Add BEAR display for Batch Dump Analysis

Batch abend analysis in FA does not show the BEAR (Breaking Event Address Register) in Batch-Dumps. The BEAR is available in many z/OS (SDWA, ESPIE, RTM) diagnostic control blocks. Currently BEAR is only shown in FA with CICS transaction dumps. Bu...
over 5 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Inefficient store/load of immediate before inline __asm

Inefficient store/load of immediate before inline __asm Optimization concern after function inlining of function with inline ASM. The 'abend(1000)' call in mainz() looks good: LGHI 1,1000 000003 ABEND (1) +000005 But the 'abend(500)' call that get...
about 7 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 3 Delivered

Receive an error message when trying to open a file in a manner that isn't allowed based on the file type.

Currently if I try to double click on a vsam file in remote systems explorer, nothing happens. If a developer is unfamiliar with the fact that you cannot open a vsam in this manner in idz, they might be confused and continue to double click not kn...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Delivered

OLIST automatic save

OLIST, Permanent Object Lists ... the UPDATED field is is modified for a command field change
over 5 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 1 Delivered

Requesting Toolkit 4.6 Search Capabilities (similar to 4.2)

This is a request for supporting SEARCH capabilities in Toolkit 4.6 in a similar fashion to RSE in Toolkit 4.2.
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

QUERY DB command enhancement to show associated VSAM subpool

There is no possibility in IMS to find out which VSAM databases are assigned to a specific VSAM subpool. We need an enhancement of the QUERY DB command, e.g. QUERY DB NAME(x) SHOW(VSAMPOOL), to find out to which VSAM subpool a database is assigned...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Delivered

RDz CARMA opens Endevor package for edit when the same package is being updated using "native" Endevor (ISPF)

Customer would like RDz CARMA to verify that Endevor package is not currently being updated by another user before opening it for edit. Customer would also like RDz CARMA to lock/enqueue Endevor package when opened for edit so that another user ca...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 4 Delivered

HACP EE to support Liberty Server

HACP EE today is supported only on WebSphere Application Server. Most customers today prefer to use Liberty Server. Requesting that HACP EE support Liberty Server.
over 5 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Delivered

FA: link to Storage Area for Data fields at time of error

In the "Main Report" tab you can have "Data field values at time of abend:" The listed Data items may be truncated.Instead of showing here the complete value of the Data item we prefere to change the Data Item Name to a link. The Target of the Lin...
over 3 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Provide meaningful ways of verifying right data files loaded to online

We load data files to the system thru E-type load or Image load (TLD). However there is no way to know that we loaded right ones to the system. We do have multiple revisions of the same file at CVS (source library). When Applications submit an onl...
about 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

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