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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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Syntax Check Local issue

Even if it is brought to disappear, the "Syntax Check" poses a problem of consistency in the distribution of data and we have numerous returns by users. In the workspace, this is not the same directory that is used if there's a Syntax Check "Remot...
about 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

View multiple objects in File Manager DB2

Looking for the ability in the 3270 and in the GUI to view multiple DB2 object in the VIEW mode.
about 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Exclude Criteria for Find / Change in File Manager

Looking for File Manager's Find / Change Utility to also support EXCLUDE criteria in addition to the standard Find and Change capabilities.
about 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

New fields other Dependent_Region.External_Subsystem_Calls, one for DB2 and One for MQ.

We ask to create two additional fields other Dependent_Region. External_Subsystem_Calls ( all external call), one that contains call to the DB2 subsystem and other that contains calls to the MQ subsystem.
about 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

User exit out of SONP for GFS online logging

Currently both CA and CB records are logged to RTA tape but only CA records are stored in FC33. We would like to save CB records to fixed file structure in a similar manner to CA records so that pool usage analysis could be performed. We need user...
about 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Increase REGION parameter for build job

In the REXX code SINGIREX(AOFFCOPT) that generates the batch JCL and in the supplied sample SINGSAMP(INGEBBLD) increase the REGION=6M to something larger, such as REGION=0M.Alternatively, because some customers may have REGION limits that must be ...
about 9 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Editeur d'entité 'Texte'

L'diteur de l'entit? 'Texte' est si peux conviviale, que le texte en devient ? peine lisible. Am?lioration souhait?e : avoir une vision basique du texte (un peu comme les maquettes d'?tat ou le -SIM des textes pacbase) et un ?diteur am?lior?.
about 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

Absence d'indentation représentant la hiérarchie des bibliothéques

Lorsque l'on affiche les bibliotheques, on peut faire le choix de trier par niveau etc .... Par contre on ne voit pas de mani?re 'habituelle' l'indentation des biblioth?ques. Celle-ci est accessible mais dans les propri?t?s du r?f?rentiel RPP. Am?...
about 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

report of all OSGi bundle dependencies currently running

Provide a method to query the running environment on the list report of all dependencies of enabled OSGi bundles.
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Support debugging of non-LE subroutines that run in a lower link level under an LE compliant SORT exit

Currently Debug Tool does not allow a user to debug a lower level assembler subroutine that is entered by this sequence: SORT calls a an LE COBOL sort exit, which calls an assembler subroutine, which in turn calls another assembler subroutine. At ...
about 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration