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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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how to invoke the File Manager from Fault analyzer

How can we invoke the file manager from Fault Analyzer to fix the data records that caused the job failure.We have this option in Fault Analyzer in ISPF.But, we want this option in RDz.
almost 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 4 Delivered

Command File support in remote debugger

When running a Debug Tool session under MFI in 3270, you can use a command script by pointing to a command file from within the DTCN profile. If running a remote debug session, using the same file in the DTCN profile for the remote session, this w...
almost 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Delivered

Add new [NO]LAXPARMS(ALL | SOURCE) suboption to RULES option

We would like to get a new RULES suboption such as [NO]LAXPARMS(ALL | SOURCE)- LAXPARMS will be the default- ALL will be the default for NOLAXPARMS Under NOLAXPARMS procedures whose parameters are not declared with INONLY/OUTONLY/INOUT will be fla...
about 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Add new warning message if initializing "huge" user-defined structures

We would like to have a warning message issued when initializing a "huge" user-defined structure: - The limit can be specified via a new compiler option (like MAXINIT).- We suggest 4K as default.
about 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Add QUICKSORT and QUICKSORTX built-in functions

We would like to have sort algorithms like quick sort available in PL/I for any array:- As QUICKSORT using a simple compare.- As QUICKSORTX using a specific compare function.
about 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

change EQA4015E to EQA4015I

this message seems to be more a informational message than an error messageEQA4015E -> EQA4015I
about 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered

Add an "About" page to APA

Having a panel with information about the product can be useful, especially when supplying information for a PMR.
about 7 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

APACHE upgrade to support TLS 1.1/1.2

With higher focus on security and DSS (data security standards) we must adhere to, we are requesting an updated Apache server for z/TPF, that would either support the current Apache version 2.4.27 (as of this RFE request) or enhance the current ve...
about 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Delivered

Stop the duplication of job log data by Log Forwarder

With CDPz, each LPAR in a plex has its own instances of the product. When a plex has multiple LPARs, the Log data is typically shared and available to all LPARs in the plex. This means every LPAR reads and transmits the log data, therefore, the su...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 1 Delivered

DFHPI0997 additional web service context needed

Additional context information in message DFHPI0997 would help to identify the cause of the problem. For example:==> DFHPI0997 03/01/2014 12:55:14 PRD5AOR1 EB21 EBPR01 The CICS pipeline manager has encountered an error: timeout occurred. The me...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered