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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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IQIBUTIL LIST options for REPOLDER

The output of a copy using REPOLDER and LIST=YES can be polluted with many messages could be eliminated as non-essential.
over 7 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

DSC Copy needs a simulate/preview option

Copy "O" (older target), and possible all copy functions, could use a simulate/preview option to allow one to see a list of members to be copied (and not copied reason, flip the list?) before the actual copy takes place.
over 7 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

Reduce the number of system heap calls to allocate overflow ECB heap control entries

When a large number of ECB heap calls are made, reduce the number of system heap calls to allocate overflow ECB heap control entries."
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Jumping to a LABEL from within a procedure using GOTO should lead to an compiler error

PL/I compiler should generate a Severe or Error (either of 2) message that would tell the user about the problem with their coding in case he is jumping from within a procedure to a LABEL outside the procedure with GOTO AND has a declaration of th...
over 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Editeur pdp et colonne 80 dépassée

Nous avons eu un build qui a échoué et nous avons eu des difficultés à voir pourquoi. En fait une ligne dans le .cbl d'un programme allait au-delà de la colonne 80 du fait d'une saisie en mode insertion (c'était un caractère à blanc qui dépassait)...
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

RD/z dataset list function needs to display correct date and userid for pds member

1. The dates on some files are 2001/01/01 in IBM Rational Developer for System z. This is seen in the Remote Systems Details view or in the Properties view of the file. --> It should display blanks or "temporarily unavailable" instead of 2001/0...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Delivered

STRIPOUT Builtin Function

Feel free to come up with a better name. It should delete user specified characters from a string. Pass in the string, pass in the characters to delete, return the cleaned up string. The second argument should be processed not as a whole, but char...
over 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

Dynamically determine which IMS system needs to do the Update or Refresh PSB command

We need the ability for the IMPORT DEFN(CATALOG) command to dynamically determine which OPTION to use (UPDATEPSB/REFRESHPSB) and not rely on the customer/user to make that determination.
over 7 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Delivered

TXSeries 8.2 WLM full support xLinux(RHEL)

BOC(Bank of China) customer request TXSeries v8.2 CICS WLM fully support xLinux(x86-64 RHEL 6.7+/7.1+).
over 7 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Delivered

Précondition au deliver

Une précondition au deliver empêche de livrer plusieurs source cobol sous le meme changeset : RPP - Contrôles d'intégrité des fichiers générés. Cette précondition vérifie l'intégrité des fichiers générés sur le point d'être distribués en effectuan...
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Delivered