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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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FIND & HOLD (FINHC) and FIND HOLD & WAIT (FIWHC) additional exit points & WAIT

Applications don't always know held records status and need additional guidance. For both FIWHC (and FINHC macros) - add an additional new exit. In the execution of FIND and it's been determined the record is HELD in this processor's hold table - ...
about 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

RequestSupport multiple SSL certificates based on the URL name.

Under current INETD SSL server model, all customer URLs have to be included in a single certificate if default HTTPS port number is used. Obtaining and maintaining multiple customer domains in a single certificate is very difficult task for severa...
about 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Request options to suppress SSL HANDSHAKE ERRORs on the TPF console.

SSL HANDSHAKE ERRORs on the console can occur as frequently as 2 messages per minute. When a client accesses the HTTPS server using an uncertified URL or an IP address those error messages are generated on the console. For SSL servers with many cl...
about 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

About Windows server support for RDz V14.1

I would like to introduce RDz V14.1, but since Windows server 2008 R2 is not supported, I would like you to support it.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

CICS RECEIVE/RECEIVE MAP API should have a "NOWAIT" option.

It would be most helpful if the CICS API were to support a "NOWAIT" option on all forms of EXEC CICS RECEIVE / RECEIVE MAP, such that if the API is invoked and terminal data are not immediately available, then the command would immediately complet...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Preference for blocking line length in PL1 and Cobol editor

We have some developers, which have a challenge some times they by accident add to much text to the lines, and when saving, it's truncated, since our Libarian/Endevor source repository only saves the first 80 columns of the source. If would be nic...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Control the file transfer size on RDz host?

Need a control from RDZ host to limit the maximum size of file transfer request.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Include elapsed upload time in cloud dataset display

During file upload CTC calculates the current upload rate and elapsed upload time, both values are visible in the active tasks display. Once the upload completes the entry no longer exists under active tasks, but it is available in the cloud datas...
about 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

CICS Explorer - CPSM WLM Admin Enhance Navigation and Help Information

- Location of the WLMGROUPs is not easy to find- There is not a view for all resource types (WLMSPEC, WLMGROUP, WLMDEF, TRANGRP, etc)- NEW vs New From is confusing- Screen Help information is not built for all the screens- Categorization of Resour...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Not under consideration

We have a concern that it seems to be an architectural design limit to PDSEs that they will not extend beyond one volume.Need

Hi Team, We have a concern that it seems to be an architectural design limit to PDSEs that they will not extend beyond one volume.Need to know if this is actually the case.If it is, then is there a way to allow them extend beyond one volume. Or an...
about 5 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Planned for future release

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