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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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HOD needs support for Chrome browswer

With IE 11 being the last supported IE browser, and more customers are now using Google Chrome brower, Host On-Demand needs to be supported on Chrome
over 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Not under consideration

Enhance /etc/iprules to also firewall outbound connections

etc/iprules firewall can restrict inbound 'FROM' connections if desired but there is no restriction on outbound 'TO' connections. It would help us in implementing new systems to be able to also restrict outbound connections and in effect have an a...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

would like to see fsck display the inode numbers in both dec and hex

The zfile ls –ali entry responds with the inode directory # for each directory & file and it is given in decimal format. However, to do a zdrec linode.n, you want ordinal number in hex. In contrast, results from a zfile fsck run displays the h...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Add MQ functionality to zTPF - MRTMR and MRRTY

Asking for a standard retry mechanisms be added to the z/TPF MQ product.Here is what is requested: Channel parameters affecting message retry Message Retry Interval - MRTMR - Default(1000) - The minimum time in milliseconds that must pass before t...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

Enhance Copybook generation process

Enhance Copybook generation process ESP is currently using a specific generated copybook to use with COBOL instruction ? COPY ZZZZ REPLACING (PREF) BY XXXX ?.Fixed Pacbase prefix is replaced by a generic prefix (PREF) to allow multiple copy uses i...
over 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

Moving a dataelement (or PacMacro, or Forms, or Segments, or Data Stuctures, or PacScreen) from a library to another

Please see the pdf document attached
over 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 6 Not under consideration

Debug Tool and File Manager Integration

Integration the File Manager functionality via the PDTCC to allow for Debug Tool CICS profile configuration (VSAM or TSQ) without needing to use a CICS TCPIPService for deployment
over 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

TX Series v7.1 does not support .NET Programming

TXSeries v7.1.x.x does not support .NET programs currently. Enhance TXSeries to support .NET Programming.
over 9 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer: Update multiple regions for a single resource

I use CPSM WUI to select a list of resources and then take an action on the selected list. This action could be to DISABLE or DISCARD the resource. It could be to update an attribute of the resource that would be updated in all the selected region...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

AA-025 (BAC) A/A Sites workload definition at workload router by message content.

AA-025 (BAC) A/A Sites workload definition at workload router by message content. Required due to mixed workload delivery channels
over 9 years ago in GDPS 2 Planned for future release

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