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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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Create Volumes that can grow Dynamically in zD&T

Currently, allocating a Volume in the zD&T implementation means creating a FULL SIZE Volume at initial allocation. This can create pressure on the User to allocate "up front" a LOT of space even though this space will not be needed right away....
over 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 3 Not under consideration

In a resource overrides .yaml file, allow multiple attribute values within a single selector clause to be OR'd.

Currently the logic would seem to support 1 attribute value on a given selector clause. If I have a resource attribute which can have many possible values and I want to trap some set of those values and apply the same override to each one, I have ...
almost 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Future consideration

Proposal for a new C5(MSG) CICS Translator suboption to produce a warning message instead of runtime abend due to excessive COMMAREA length

In new CICS releases the LINK program using a COMMAREA > 32 K produces LENGERR abend. Mitigating the abend to a warning message would facilitate the process to a newer CICS versions (>v5.4).
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Push to client support is needed for "local" z/OS project property groups

We are looking into introducing a “modern” toolchain including IDz – git – IBM DBB... and are now working with a POC.If the POC is successful it could in the future replace our existing “toolchain” that completely resides on z/OS.When we work with...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

XPCS workarea allocated in 24 bit storage causing subsequent program load failures.

When the CDC exit gets loaded it is in the dependentregions storage and the XPCB and XSDB control blocks are in the dependent region private storage according to the AMODE of the exit. . The XPCS workarea is being allocated in only 24 bit storage ...
over 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Is a defect

Display current and diagnostic data of BUSED/BLOG

Z/TPF System needs diagnostic tools to display and analyze the status of Globals @@BUSED and @@BLOG, as well as the ordinal data for each processor. This data is very useful during activities such as processor de-activations, planned outages, File...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Reconciliation between Listing line number and Source line number

We are in the process of deploying the implementation of a DevOps approach on the mainframe. In particular, we want to implement code coverage and unit test follow-ups (automated tests). Market tools, especially the SonarQube tool, work with the S...
over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

IMS Sysprog

IRLM deadlock report does not include a Unit of work (UOW)or Unit of recovery (UOR) token for the transactions involved in the deadlock.Application programmers often request for input messages of the transaction when investigating the deadlocks. B...
over 6 years ago in IMS System Services / Diagnostic Utilities 2 Not under consideration

"Unreachable code" should not be considered as a syntax errors

If Identifity unreachable code is selected as "Warning" in Preferences / COBOL/ Real-time syntax checking, new errors appears in Software Analyzer. Theese errors could not be corrected while code is generated with RPP and it would be useful they d...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / All components 1 Future consideration

pipe PARSE function in EDIT STage should permit the utilization of Hex Strings.

Command output may have data separators of specific hexstrings instead of the standard X'40' Currently the Edit stage does not permit the usage of hexString in the PARSE function which indicates you cannot separate the data.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

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