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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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To be able to Catch IMS message switch errors as EGL exceptoin

During IMS transfer to transaction statements a return code from IMS of A4: Security violation detected during processing of either an AUTH call, a CHNG call, or an ISRT on a conversational response.can be issued.This is a valid IMS usage, but EGL...
about 8 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration

TRLOG better trace parsing under 32bit Windows operating system

Toolkit TRLOG is unable to parse large trace files over 100MB due to heap storage restrictions on a Windows 32bit workstation.The maximum heap allowed is 1GB, however the lpex editor requires 800MB storage to process a 100MB .report trace file so ...
about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

TRLOG allow detailled analysis without first parsing the trace file

TRLOG detail analysis is only possible once the trace file was read and a parsed version of the trace file created. This RFE request is to provide a means to create the detailled analysis reports directly from the trace log.
about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

Be able to renumber lines in a macrostructure

Currently there is no way to automatically renumber lines in of a functional block in a macrostructure. The user needs a way to either remove or renumber lines of a particular functional block in a macrostructure. Also, it should be possible to re...
about 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

[RPP] How to change the condition of a function or sub-funtion

When we create a function or sub-funtion we can choose the condition.How to change this condition if we want to modify it. For example change ?IT' by ? ? (no condition)In the updated windows, only the level can be changed. We can also move the fun...
about 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

CICS trace by task number

Provide CICS to trace a specific task number, currently running.
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

JVM messages prefixed with timestamps

To day messages from JVM in CICS TS are not prefixed with timestamps.The messages issued from JVM in neither HFS/ZFS directories pointed to JVMprofile, nor if redirected to STDOUT, STDERR, STDTRC contains any timestamps(DATE/TIME). It would be of ...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Enhancment to S09 Report in APA

Enhance the S09 Report to include buffer information from batch jobs
about 8 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DB2 and CICS pre- compilers do not recognize Cobol V5 floating comments

COBOL V5 allows use of "floating comment", sequence space + " * >" followed by a free text. DB2 pre- compiler (tested with DB2 V10) and CICS pre-compiler (tested with CICS TS 4.2) do not recognize this Cobol V5 syntax comment, and the presence ...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 5 Not under consideration

Single-Sign-On in RSE

Instead of presenting the standard dialog with user/password when connecting to a remote system, a custom Java class should be called which does a call to a custom Kerberos pass ticket system. After getting a valid information back, the connect sh...
about 8 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 3 Not under consideration