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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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z10 HMC can create certificate key longer than 2048 bits

z10 HMC remote console need to use SSL service and a SSL certificate. To create a self-signed certificate from z10 "certificate management" menu can use not enough safe. At least one of the X.509 certificates sent by the remote host has a key that...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

IBM Debug Tool - Testing & Development in one CICS

Assume a developer wanted to debug a module which is a core routine and the developer also did the setup of DTCN with his terminal ID & client IP Address. But at the same time, SIT testers are triggering some transaction as part of SIT testing...
over 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Additional message that a client has been downloaded

I would like a message issued from the HOD product that would signify that a client has been pushed or downloaded by a workstation. I would like the user id included in the message.
over 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Not under consideration

ASMLANGX needs better support for LOUD WTO message redirection

There is a need to be able to capture an redirect the WTO output that is issued in response to the use of the LOUD parameter during ASMLANGX execution. The use of the _BPXK_JOBLOG environmental variable does not work in this case since redirection...
over 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 3 Not under consideration

Type function equivalent for LBOUND and HBOUND

The same way as the size of a defined type t can be obtained using SIZE(:t:), if a defined type contains array(s) it should be possible to query their dimensions.
over 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Need the current thread id

In a multi-threaded application, I need all tracing and debugging messages to display the current thread id. The THREADID builtin requires the task reference in input and can thus not be used to return the current thread id. I currently get the in...
over 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Enhance Date/Time "ADD" functions in WTX

Would like to see the addition of ADDMONTHS & ADDYEARS to the Date/Time ADD functions. As well as SUBTRACT functions for Date/Time.
over 9 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 2 Not under consideration

Allow relative GDGs as TDQUEUEs

Please allow the EXEC CICS CREATE TDQUEUE command to include a relative GDG indicator (eg. -1 or -2). The command translator flags DSNAME(xxx.xxx.xxx(-2)) as having too many parentheses. You may also want to extend this capability to the CSD file.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

VSAM Buffer Type to reflect BOTH

When a VSAM buffer is defined and no "TYPE" parameters are specified in the DFSVSMxx member - the VSAM Buffer is really utilized by both INDEX and DATA - however in Omegamon/Tivoli and manual it says it defaults to DATA. It would be better servere...
over 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 4 Not under consideration

OSA queue displays online CDC and Data reduction.

Customer is requesting an  online display to show the number of items on the OSA input lists.   In z/TPF   all three queues should be displayed , the regular OSA input queue,  a high-priority input queue and the ...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

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