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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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SuperC - Do Not Report Spacing Changes Unless Within Quotes

There is an existing option, DLREFM (suppress reformatted lines from the listing) which although it does suppress the reformatted lines from the OLD file, it does not suppress them from the NEW file. Another option, REFMOVR, suppresses reformatted...
about 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other 3 Not under consideration

RDz/IDz - Prompt for override signout option in CARMA

When an element is added/updated in Endevor through CARMA, we would like to have a prompt if the Override signout option is checked in the "Edit Element" menu. Right now, configurable prompts are available from Preferences>CARMA for deletion an...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Customize Available Columns

The Available_Columns under the Columns_Definition table are limited and not customizable.
about 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

SQL : génération des indicateurs DB2 incompatibles avec gestion des ruptures

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------NUMERO............: 831111 ( CGI 1071 ) TYPE..............: T NON CONFORMITE TECHNIQUE ETAT..............: 01 EVENEMENT DECRIT, A DECLARER GRAVITE...........: P SEVERIT...
about 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

STR - Chainage indirect sur Rubrique dans un paramètre de Macro-Structure

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------NUMERO............: 831114 ( CGI 1074 ) TYPE..............: V DEMANDE D'EVOLUTION ETAT..............: 01 EVENEMENT DECRIT, A DECLARER GRAVITE...........: N SEVERITE 1 (...
about 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

Need documentation on what to backup and restore on the ZD&T Web server

If the ZD&T Web server is on an image that needs to be rebuilt then what needs to be backed up and restored: database, repository storage, license server if applicable, ...
about 4 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Passticket generation for CICS Web Services with new USERID

We need a "REQUEST PASSTICKET" with foreign USERID (not user ID associated with the task) to the "INVOKE WEBSERVICE":EXEC CICS REQUEST PASSTICKET(PASSTICKET) ESMAPPNAME('LDPPROC') ESMUSERID('xxxxxxxx') ESMRESP(ESMRESP) RESP(RESP)RESP2(RESP2)
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Mac OS support

Request for support of the PL/I Compiler on Mac OS.
over 12 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Move module INGTXFPG to SINGMOD2

Hi SA development,Please move the new INGTXFPG module that comes in SA v3.4 to SINGMOD2 library as default.Since the SINGMOD2 library must be in the LINKLIST as documented in the SA manual.Including the new module INGTXFPG in the SINGMOD2 will ens...
over 12 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 4 Future consideration

Allow z/TPF to run without consoles

Allow TPF to run if no consoles are available and an attempt to fallback to the HMC is not successful. Do not crash TPF, instead, send all console data to the RTA tape via TOURC for later on analysis. We have had conditions where TPF took a catast...
about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Is a defect