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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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Enable ATTN key to cancel large retrieval from DB2

Enable an option to cancel the process of a large retrieval from DB2.
almost 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

PCOMM needs to handle infinite SNA session if the Primary connection fails

IBM Communications Server V7.0.0.2 configuration has the following: PortLink Station LU Names Link Station and LU Names are to be used as entries on PCOMM's Primary (Hostname , LU), Backup 1 (Hostname, LU) and Backup 2(Hostname, LU) z/OS Switched ...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 2 Delivered

Program name in PL/I Compiler Listing Heading

The z/OS Enterprise PL/I v 4.4 compiler takes a substring of the first line of the program that is being compiled and uses that in the listing heading: 15655-W67 IBM(R) Enterprise PL/I for z/OS /* DATA SET TEST AT LEVEL 048 2015.12.10 14:15:22 Pag...
almost 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered

Dataset Attribute Table Enhancement

Expand the dataset attributes database to be more than a repository for the datasets on the volumes at the time of collection. Rather, it should be a combination of the datasets on the volumes plus catalog information (migrated stuff and gdg bases...
almost 9 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Client 3 Delivered

Liste des Segments par Valeur de Code Structure

Reprise d'une demande faite pour Pacbase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------NUMERO............: 831127 ( CGI 1087 ) TYPE..............: V DEMANDE D'EVOLUTION ETAT..............: 01 EVENEMENT DECRIT, A DE...
almost 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Delivered

OM logstream include ID from user/service that executed a command

Include the ID of the user who executed the command when running PGM=DFSERA10 to print out the OM audit log stream.
almost 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 0 Delivered

K-BASLER VERSICHERUNG AG

enhance Panel CAZWB001 'A02: Report JCL Submission' to makesure user understand that there is more to customize by displaying a MORE+
almost 9 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

Add support to the ZPUBK REQCERT command for SHA-2 certificates. Include as part of upgraded version of OpenSSL in PUT13

For certificate requests, the ZPUBK REQCERT command contains support for the SHA1 and MD5 digest algorithms, but we will need to add support for the SHA-256 hash algorithm to enable certificates created on z/TPF to be signed with the SHA-256 hash ...
almost 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

New sub-options ALL | SOURCE for RULES(PROCENDONLY))

We would like to have new sub-options ALL | SOURCE for RULES(PROCENDONLY)) - similar to NOPADDING
almost 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Support SHA-256 on ZPUBK commands

The industry is deprecating SHA1 - it is no longer considered "secure enough". Even self-signed certificates created on ZTPF will be problematic after January 1, because the major browser vendors are going to start popping up warnings about SHA-1 ...
about 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered