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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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Provide capability to skip domain name check during Root CA certificate validation in outbound case

Submit this RFE on behalf of BCA (Bank Central Asia, Indonesia) per customer request. Customer want this capability to skip domain name validation in development environment for testing purpose.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

HATS Support on IBM i 7.3

We are trying to replace Power 520 (Old Power Systems) with the latest model with IBM i 7.3, but HATS 9.5 is not supported on this IBM i version as shown in the URL below. The situation is the same for HATS 9.6. Please support HATS on IBM i 7.3 an...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 1 Delivered

Compiler Warning for possible raised stringsize condition

The possibility for raising the "on stringsize"-condition at runtime for a proc return-stmt with a truncated return value should be recognized at Compile time.Compiler should present a message like "STRINGSIZE condition may be raised" on such proc...
almost 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Provide RTC v6.0.4 support to IBM TPF ToolKit client

IRS is currently running RTC version 6.0.4 on its test and production environment. TPF Toolkit v4.2.11 does not currently support that version of RTC. This is the request to provide that RTC support on TPF Toolkit.
almost 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

Batch utility to create DDL statement from existing IMS managed ACB metadata

We need a batch utility to create DDL statements from existing IMS managed ACB metadata. E4D has similar functionality and we need this as a batch utility because with large ACB, E4D may have performance issues.
almost 7 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Delivered

RFE for IBM COBOL FOR AIX 5.1: Support for environment variable that can enable/disable the TAB compression/expansion in the

The customer is requesting a RFE for adding a function in IBM cobol to automatically pad as many blanks as needed in READ operations on files, on COBOL programs, and to remove those blanks from WRITE operations. The function should also manage aut...
almost 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Delivered

EXEC DLI support needed

When AD analyzes code that uses EXEC DLI to access IMS, it needs to detect that it is an IMS call and perform all the normal IMS analysis.

Ecran -GE dans les écrans. Permuter les colonnes "Description" et "Lien"

Permuter les colonnes "Description" et "Lien" dans le -GE des écrans dans RPP afin d'avoir un affichage similaire à celui de PACBASE. Voir le document joint à ce RFE.
almost 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Delivered

_iwzcBCD_NEQ_Pckd(x,y,n,m in COBOL for AIX should show same behaviour as on zOS

COBOL provides a knob "COBOL_BCD_NOVALIDATE=33" to skip validationand show same behaviour as on z/OS.
about 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Delivered

Changes needed to support DR policy

Application Discovery should be architected in such a way that backup and restore can easily be done, as well as duplication of environments.