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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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IMS - remove logical child delete rule

Remove the IMS restriction of the logical child delete rules, which should eliminate the the need to change the current delete rules and applications for this condition.
almost 8 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

5 missing EGL types for numeric

We are missing for following COBOL types, corresponding EGL types.Because of these missing types, we suffer performance loss in the generated COBOL. COBOL Types EGL typesPIC 9(3) National ?PIC S9(3)V9(2) National SIGN LEADING SEPARATE ?PIC S9(3)V9...
over 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Not under consideration

Problem with webservices creation in iseries

The problem is the generation of webservices Webservices is not keeping rpg definition
almost 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Not under consideration

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 ...
almost 4 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.
almost 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

Introduce FIRST volume selection option to primary space allocation

TAAM goes on evaluating volumes one by one to find out the best volume to allocate primary space for submitted Job .If a large number of volumes were needed to evaluate by TAAM, it took quite a long time . In some batch job cases took 10 to 20 min...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 0 Future consideration

PWFI Regions Applications should not be terminated when processing a OLC PREPARE.

Currently when the OLC PREPARE Online Change phase is run all PWFI Regions are posted off the SUBQ6 and the Application Programs are terminated through SCQC . That change appears was introduced by old Apars PL55214 on DFSICLV0 for type1 /MODIFY Co...
almost 12 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 2 Not under consideration

ZTPF TS7700 Support - ZTPLF LOAD - Optional input parm of tape name

HPE would like a new optional parameter added to the ZTPLF LOAD entry that would identify the tape name that the loaded volume will become via the follow-up entry ZTMNT.
almost 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 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...
almost 4 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...
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration