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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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DDL Extensions for ALTER support (ACBSHR=Y)

DDL Extensions for ALTER is not supported for ACBSHR=Y. DDL Extensions is only available for CRATE.
almost 8 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 3 Not under consideration

Start IBM Debug Tool

For the start of Debug Tool utilities you have foreseen the member EQASTART in the SEQAEXEC file for the allocation of ISPF, CLIST & REXX libraries. Why don't you have foreseen for the start the use of LIBDEF cmd for the allocation of ISPF dat...
almost 8 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

CTG check validity date of the certificate in the TLS protocol

The CTG server side should check the validity date of the certificate in the TLS protocol and does not only delegate control to the client JVMmight not even check (Oracle JVM). Enabling additional control could be included in a configuration param...
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Misleading messages when compiler job abends becuase of time

In IBM Enterprise COBOL v5.2, if a compile job abends becuase of CPU time, the messages are misleading.Instead of getting a System abends 322, you get a message saying IGYRC5122-U A RECURSIVE ENTRY TO THE COBOL ABORT MODULE OCCURRED.
almost 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Allow FILLER in structures, like COBOL does.

Please allow the keyword FILLER to be used in structures without having to name them so they are unique. Presently each field must have a unique field name. DECLARE 1 MYSTRUCTURE UNALIGNED, 2 FILLER1 CHAR(1) INIT('"'), 2 FIELD1 CHAR(10), 2 FILLER2...
almost 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Browing on sequencial file is taking lot of time.

Browsing the sequencial file is taking lot of time.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Use the source code editor without worrying about the purely technical PDP component.

"One of the strengths of IDE RPP-RTC-RDz is the historisation of the file, but it is just for see, not for come back to an old version." We can use historisation of the file to come back with a cobol program, but not with a rpp program, because of...
almost 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Not under consideration

Install HOD 12 on zOS with tar files instead of Installation Manager

Customers are having much difficulty with Installation Manager on zOS. In the later versions of HOD 11, a non-SMPE package was made available where three tar files could be uploaded to the zOS host, then run shell script to extract the files, and ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Not under consideration

STR - Génération de "nom condition" (niveau 88) dans les appels de Segments (-CD, -CS, -W/F...)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------NUMERO............: 831115 ( CGI 1075 ) TYPE..............: V DEMANDE D'EVOLUTION ETAT..............: 01 EVENEMENT DECRIT, A DECLARER GRAVITE...........: N SEVERITE 1 (...
almost 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

Breaking Points For the Last Session Gets Loaded in Debugger

The last session's breaking points are not getting loaded in the current session. However, for every new session, we have to make sure that on closing the last debugging session, all the breaking points in that last session should be deleted with ...
almost 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

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