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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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Multiple values for GRNAME SIT Parameter

Option to provide multiple values for GRNAME SIT parameter instead of just one.
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS Support for VSAM RLS via file name

Problem: Currently RLS commands such as QUIESCE and UNQUIESCE are implemented via reference to the dsname rather than the abstracted CICS filename. This forces a re-think and re-write of some customer utility programs, data and methods and falls s...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Single signon for RDz file manager prespective

Provide single signon in File Manager prespective with RDz integration
over 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

XL C/C++ for z/OS Compiler Features

We'd like to move to using the newer Clang-based XL C/C++ compiler, but we need some features that are not present in the newer product, namely: AMODE31 supportEBCDIC supportHex float support
almost 5 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Future consideration

Certain values to be forbidden to set in determined fields in DTCN

When the debugger users invoke DTCN they supply determined values in the fields. IBM Debug tool allow us to force to place values in determined fields with the EQAOPTS, but the customer would like a plus for forcing so that some values cannot be i...
almost 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Flag SS instructions with a (probable) incorrect use of implied operand length

Please consider the following two MVC instructions, both of which use the implied length of the first operand: MVC FULL1,FULL2 perfectly reasonable MVC FULL1+2,HALF explicit length of 2 is obviously missing…FULL1 DS FFULL2 DS FHALF DS H* LTORG The...
almost 10 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 3 Not under consideration

Notify user when large files are corrupted by RSE

On occasion, RSE may corrupt or partially write out large files. Could RSE be enhanced such that, after a file transfer is complete, it performs a checksum on both sides, compares the result, and if corruption is detected, notify the user.
almost 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Wizard to import RSE connection definitions, Debug profiles, projects, etc from an old workspace directory.

A lot of user set up is contained in a workspace, it is desirable to be able to import configurations from old workspaces.
almost 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

PCOMM Data transfert dialog to remove button which allows to swap from receive to send mode

We want to block under PCOMM the sending of data from the workstation to our AS400 for security reasonsWe want to keep the extractions of the AS400 to the workstation by the reception optionWe have disabled the sending of data in the menus of the ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Planned for future release

Please enhance the Data Level and DECB views

Please enhance the Data Level and DECB views to have a right click "copy block contents to clipboard" action.
almost 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

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