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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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Include CRL pem files as part of the ZPUBK REHASH process

Early in the design of our support of SSL, we decided to combine the CA certificates into one file and use the CAFILE config parameter. We went from 3 CA certificates to 22 CA certificates, also daily we create a new CA file that is combined with ...
over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

Having some system data available via standard COBOL word/ function.

Hi, in my shop several developers are using some basic system data like LPAR name, SMFID, job name step name...Despite many enhancements COBOL don't offer today some way to have this data at hand.So the developers create many module to have access...
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

support error message during startup

Keep Status Messages (Halted, Breaking, Broken, Abending, Abended) of resources over UP-Message(s). Allow threshold processing to issue commands for INFR, FREQ, CRIT during Startup-process Simular to MTR-resources allow to issue commands if Thresh...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

Enterprise COBOL V5+ - Possibility to encrypt the source code present in the dwarf section

The TEST(dwarf,source) option stores the source code (not the compilation listing) in the dwarf section. Moreover, it is the source code expanded after resolution of the calls of copybooks which is stored. This is useful for debugging (tracing) o...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 5 Not under consideration

Enterprise COBOL V5+ - TEST(dwarf,source) option violates *CONTROL NOSOURCE directives

When the *CONTROL NOSOURCE / *CONTROL SOURCE directives are used in a source code, the lines present between these two directives are excluded from the compilation listing. However, if the compiler option TEST(dwarf,source) is activated, then the...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Automatically SET WLMHEALTH IMMCLOSE at the beginning of shutdown process

During AOR is shutting down, there is a small time window when TOR still routes transaction to this AOR and then causes AZI2 abend and DFHAC2007 message. The Documentation indicates we could initiate a cool-down process by using the SET WLMHEALTH ...
over 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Functionality already exists

Increment number of member after build is complete

TD Bank decided to use ADDI 5.1.0.4 and a full build is required after adding and/or updating any nymber of members on ADI (it should be incremental).
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

IMS Connect Recorder Trace on port number level

Provide the possibility to start an IMS Connect Recorder Trace for a specific port id.
about 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Multiple ADDI instance use same SQL Server

We have 2 apps that use ADDI. We would like to use the same SQL Server VM instance for both. How do we setup our DB/instances/configuration to do this?
over 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

HTTP Message Compression in CICS Web Service Context

The request is to enable the sending of smaller messages by making CICS compatible with common compression algorithms (e.g. GZIP). The context is CICS Web Services over HTTP (with CICS as both requester and provider).
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

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