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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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Network security credential propagation should have a parm for activation

We have a very high volume IMS environment, using IMS Connect. The Network Security Credential Propagation (NSCP) enhancement in IMS V15 will allow additional security information (up to 504 bytes) to flow in from the client side if all components...
over 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Remote Debug Tool to support AT EXIT and CLEAR AT commands

We use MFI debug and become very accustomed to using the AT ENTRY * and AT EXIT * commands for debugging PL/I programs. We have moved to Rdz and use the remote debug, its great that set entry breakpoints works but not so great that set exit breakp...
almost 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

IMS Gateway server name to link to liberty servername

When using E4D to connect to liberty server (with IMS mobile feature pack), first user provides a Name (label), Host name, and Port number to build a new IMS Gateway server. And then the user continues to build IMS Connection profiles, IMS interac...
almost 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / General ES 4 Not under consideration

Request support for sending multiple responses in chunks

Currently, the maximum response size of the z/TPF HTTP server is limited by the ECB heap storage allowance. This is typically less than 10 MB. Sometimes we need to send large response messages whose sizes exceed 10 MB, but that's not possible unde...
over 4 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

XML PARSE INTO structure

Exchanging XML request/reply documents between JAVA and COBOL in CICS can leverage well defined xml schemas that can be generated from XML GENERATE sample instances. XML GENERATE works well for Response structure from COBOL to JAVA, but XML PARSE ...
almost 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

IDZ 14.2.2. does not allow zUNIT to compile option to be DYNAM

IDZ does not allow to compile option to be DYNAM. Need that feature for zUNIT to work in IDZ ( standalone) with Dynamic option
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Not under consideration

Flag usage of character //

Last version of Enterprise PL/I compiler got an enhancement: The character // specifies that the rest of a line is a comment. A compileoption, which flags the usage of character // would be helpful. See case TS003850293. https://www.ibm.com/mysupp...
over 4 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Enhance File compare results

Have a look at PMR TS003751098 for reference. In cases of changes in some lines the compare utility sometimes show inserts and deletes instead of a change. This is often much more difficult to understand. Most other compare tools do much better, j...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 5 Not under consideration

Filenet F8 / ICC / CSS / ICN - to be made RMS-aware

FileNet suite of products (CPE, ICC, ICN, and CSS) needs to be Azure RMS-aware. The company is moving to content encrypt all data within the company. Therefore, the FileNet suite of products needs to be able to be RMS-aware to handle this encrypti...
over 4 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / General ES 1 Not under consideration

zsock ipmt enhancement

Customer is requesting the zsock ipmt display to include items like the ip addresses and port numbers for the socket plus to include the actual counts of datagrams instead of how many ‘blocks' this socket may have a datagram in.
almost 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

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