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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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Quiesce command with deallocate option for DB ALTER without an outage

IMS API or Command support is needed as to quiesce database access within IMS and to activate database metadata changes. IMS Tools reorganization utility will invoke it to perform the online reorganization and activate a database change without a ...
over 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Support NONVPNAME option on ZDECB

PJ46160 provided support on ZDECB to display ECBs with a given NVPNAME. Request ZDECB support for NONVPNAME which would display ECBs which do not have the given NVPNAME setup.
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

HATS

When generating a new terminal session to IBM i using HATS, we use wildcards ("=") in the device name (instead of the system generic "Q'''" device names) We have however discovered that if we use two or more wildcards in device name, devices are n...
about 11 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 5 Not under consideration

Externalize the PSBNAME for debugging sessions

Parker Hannifin has requested we add the PSBNAME of the program that is being debugged. This would be very helpful information since the program can be referenced by multiple PSBs. This is especially helpful when debugging IMS MPR programs.
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Include a hex dump of STATIC and AUTOMATIC storage in the PLIDUMP output and have the compiler produce a listing giving these

AUTOMATIC and STATIC variables are not included in PLIDUMP.
over 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Indication of the COPYBOOK level in the Listing

In the compilation Listing, the source lines from a COPYBOOK are identified with a "C" character after the line number in the Listing. It is possible to call COPYBOOK from other COPYBOOK. However, the origin of a row is not necessarily easily iden...
over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Addition details in message ID: EYUXL0033I

When CPSM is going to purge a task at shutdown, it should issue an EXEC CICS INQ TASK(12345) to see if the task has a Principal Facility. And if it does, it should then query that facility with an EXEC CICS INQ TERM(XXXX) in order to get the CONNe...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Notification de la fin de l'extraction d'un composant

Actuellement , quand nous demandons une génération de composant, nous ne somme averti que de la bonne prise en compte de la génération, mais nous ne sommes pas au courant quand le composant est correctement généré et extrait sur notre serveur. Nou...
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

Userexit 7 for IPIC connections

Userexit 7 should be working also with IPIC connections to CICS zOS that we can send RACF user credentials for verification to CICS zOS through TXSeries from a application on our windows CICS clients. As an alternative IBM Communications server sh...
over 7 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Enhance XPCFTCH to overcome PCUE_BRANCH_ADDRESS limitations.

XPCFTCH is given control before an application program is called by CICS.Various products use XPCFTCH to front-end an application program for various reasons.CICS allows for multiple exit programs to be enabled, and each exit program is called in ...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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