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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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RFC 6806 support in IBM JDK

During the analysis of PMR 70010,001,866 it was identified that IBM JDK 7, 8 Kerberos implementation does not cover RFC 6806 (especially Section 8) requirements. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6806.htmlKerberos Principal Name Canonicalization and ...
about 9 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Delivered

problem with trying to open include from outline perspective.

problem with trying to open include from outline perspective. please see attached email regarding further details on this.
about 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Delivered

PCOMM to provide support for EBCDIC MBCS CCSID 1371 extension

Mainframe customers in Taiwan require Host Code Page / CCSID 1371 extension to support more Traditional Chinese characters in a single host code page. This is crucial for the mainframe customer to solve the pain of the insufficient Traditional Chi...
about 9 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Delivered

OSAM DBs should not have a R/T limit of 60 extents

OSAM DBs should not have a R/T limit of 60 extents. OSAM are allowed to grow to 256 extents, but if they hit 61 extents - they stop working in realtime.
about 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Delivered

HourGlass Control Center - Cmd line

In the HourGlass Control Center there is a command line next to each Control element that is 3 characters in length.The only commands that can be entered are "S", "U", "I" & "P" and they are all 1 character.The problem is that even though the ...
about 9 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 2 Delivered

FA Duplicate Abend Reporting - Not To Span Multiple Days

We need duplicate abends to be reported per day for a given abend, and not to span mulitple days.
about 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

Add X-FRAME-OPTIONS to TCPIPService and WUI for CICS

Currently internet vulnerability scans shows CICS TCPIPServices and being subject to "ClickJacking", including the CPSM WUI ports.
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

Support for MQ Explorer in RDz

From the standpoint of having one IDE where all interfaces are available and developers no longer need to switch from product to product we would like to have MQ Explorer as a plugin within RDz.
about 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 2 Delivered

Get warning message if any option from +DD: member(s) or %PROCESS/*PROCESS statement(s) was overwritten and has no effect

We would like to get an warning message issued by the compiler, if at least one of the specified compiler options at any of the +DD: members or at any of the %PROCESS/*PROCESS statements was overwritten by the protected installation default (last ...
about 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Enhance Reporting of IMS Locking

Enhance reporting of IMS Locking activity such that is is possible to obtain IMS lock request counts by unit of work/commit interval.Ideally, seperate counts by lock type ( read/modify ) and reported in 37/38 5937/5938 , 56FA log records.
about 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Delivered