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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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Recognize SQLCA / SQLDA includes as standard DB2

PL1 SQLCA and SQLDA includes will automatically be resolved by the DB2 precompiler. ADDI build throws out warnings because it tries to find the corresponding include files (SQLCA/SQLDA) which are not needed for compiling the code.
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

DFHCSDUP CHECK LIST function,

Add to batch DFHCSDUP a CHECK function. Particularly CHECK LIST(L1,L2,L3,L4).
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

RDz CARMA to extract 2 types of element to local project

We are using RDz client 8.0.3.1 When we want to extract "all elements" for one or more types to local project by CARMA, we can only select one single type or all types in a subsystem. But we cannot select 2 or multiple (but not all) types.
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

Move CONL to OPENAPI threads

Please consider moving transaction CONL and its alternates to an OPENAPI thread so that their processing does not impact normal CICS work. In general, we would like to see more CICS functions running threadsafe.
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Entreprise Cobol - Internal format for INDEX with offset and occurrence number

The internal storage format of an INDEX uses four bytes to store the offset relative to the beginning of the memory table (as long as the compiler generates 31-bit addressing code).We propose to use a storage format consisting of these four bytes ...
about 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Mac OS support

Request for support of the COBOL Compiler on Mac OS.
about 12 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

I would like to have a data base for dumps so we can issue a command to list a data sets for restore from full volume dum

I would like build a data base concept for dumps. hsend list dsname('T.VND.PR.CAP.DXCOMC.G0015V00') both term
about 6 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

EYU9XSTR Threadsafe

Convert the EYU9XSTR Exit to be Threadsafe
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Request to add 5250 Protocol support in RPT to be able to test 5250 applications using RPT

RPT currently supports the TN3270 protocol, it will also be very good to have support for 5250 protocol too.
about 12 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Not under consideration

Refresh MFS edit routines DFSMExxx

Prior to IMS V15, we have a local mod (MFS Exit Controller) that allows us to monitor and refresh the MFS Edit routines (DFSMExxx). With changes to IMS V15, this local mod is no longer usable. As a development shop, we often modify the exits and r...
about 6 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

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