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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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Exponentiation of 10 are incorrect

Our customer is in trouble that the exponentiation of 10 are incorrect.? ?Example? 10**-3 = 0.0009 instead of 0.0010 The simple exponentiation such as '10 ** n' wants to be right value. For example, before calculation, check whether base is 10 or ...
almost 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Utilisation d'un index standard dans les Structures d'un Etat

Reprise d'une demande faite pour Pacbase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------NUMERO............: 831128 ( CGI 1088 ) TYPE..............: V DEMANDE D'EVOLUTION ETAT..............: 01 EVENEMENT DECRIT, A DE...
almost 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

Génération de Segment par micro-pattern WF en mode REDEFINES et format VARIABLE

Reprise demande faite pour Pacbase. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------NUMERO............: 831130 ( CGI 1090 ) TYPE..............: I DEMANDE D'INFORMATION ETAT..............: 01 EVENEMENT DECRIT, A DECLA...
almost 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

Génération des accès multi-rows en mise à jour par micro-pattern SQL

Bonjour, L'op?rateur Langage Structur? Pacbase "SQL", et par voie de cons?quence le micro-pattern "SQL", ne permettent pas de g?rer / g?n?rer des acc?s multi-rows en mise ? jour : INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE... seul l'acc?s en lecture par CURSEUR est p...
almost 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

Discontinue MVS getmains for NQ element areas when EDSA is depleted.

Currently, when ECDSA is depleted, NQ element areas are getmain'd from high private. This can ead to a situation, particularly when there is perhaps a rogue transaction in a loop, where instead of an SOS condition which can be remediated with dtim...
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Implementation of LOCKMAX in IMS DBCTL

I would like IBM to make LOCKMAX available in an IMS DBCTL environment.
almost 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

DRD command to look at last user to access PGM/TRAN

Be able to query the last or one of the more recent users to have accessed a program, transaction, or database.
almost 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Not under consideration

Show HEX Edit Line of Local COBOL/PLI Files

Customers using RTC and RDZ using local projects for their repository workspace would like to use the 'Show HEX Edit Line' in LPEX and display the hex in their EBCDIC codepage.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Improve messages when the debug source is not compatible with the load module

We often get questions regarding "missing source" in the source window. The following errors are issued by language:Enterprise COBOL: The Debug File creation date does not match the object for SAM1. The Debug file can not be used. Assembler: Sourc...
about 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - Self Protect against issues with the File Open Feature

Currently if a user opens certain files (ie: MS Office .xls, .doc, etc.) via the CICS Explorer File Open Option CICS Explorer will lock up to the point where the user must Open Task Manager and Kill CICS Explorer. CICS Explorer workspace corruptio...
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Not under consideration

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