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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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Improve code generation for simple functions

Improve code generation for simple functions in METAL C: int func(const void* a, const void* b) { return memcmp(a,b,8); } in ILP32 mode the following code is generatedFUNC DS 0F STM 14,15,12(13) LR 15,13 L 13,8(,13) ST 15,4(,13) @@BGN@2 DS 0H USIN...
over 6 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 5 Not under consideration

ZPTCH improvements

Customer is asking for improvements to zpatch to prevent system issue;The issue appears to be the possibility of inadvertently applying core updates after filing the 20 allowed ZPTCH patch deck slots. The core updates happen because the process al...
almost 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

IBM COBOL Support on TXSeries on x86 Linux

Currently in Linux x86 platform, TXSeries only support COBOL-IT and MF COBOL. And ShanDong Cooperate League customer is requesting IBM COBOL support on TXSeries Linux x86.
over 6 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Add ability to copy/paste text file with null character in RDz editors (Cobol)

RDz editors (Cobol, etc) do not have a way to allow cut/paste beyond a null-terminated string.When pasted into RDz, the file is truncated at the null-terminated line.Notepad editor replaces nulls with spaces and that is why it works in notepad. Ca...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

User storage related to CICS/TS Association Data

Our monitoring software needs access to storage which is available to all individual CICS transactions within a unit of work, regardless of whether the transactions execute in a single CICS region or multiple connected CICS regions.
almost 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

RDz v9 lacks the functionality that integrates the preprocessor extension points and the error feedback mechanism.

Rational Developer for System z v9 lacks the functionality that integrates the preprocessor extension points and the error feedback mechanism. The current extension point preprocessors are designed to be used only for describing text transformatio...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Add MQ support to 64-bits PL/1 applications

We are migrating existing PL/1 applications to 64-bits. These applications are accessing MQ via the MQ API and RRS coordination. There is currently no support for MQ 64-bits PL/1 callers, only for C 64-bits caller.Theoretically, the dll providing ...
over 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Limit the size of AIDs chain for Transid

This is a evolution of RFE 98067, in which the customer asked to be able to set a limitation for new starts of transactions when the number of AIDs in a CICS region reached to this limit. Today, however, the customer has "evolved" this issue furth...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Implement "Content Security Policy" support in "Host OnDemand"

This RFE is created on request from IBM, in support case TS006023087.Current version of "Host OnDemand" use inline-scripts, in a way that require "unsafe" settings to be used when enabling "Content Security Policy".Changes are needed to support "C...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Planned for future release

PDU Enhancements - Add pool type along with time and processor parameters

We see this previously requested and declined as 44798. We would like to re-request as a result of an incident in PSS on 10/14/2021. • PDU Create Exclude process should be able support the NOSWITCH logic. This would enable the user to execute ZRPD...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

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