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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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Monitor and report on number of requests queued to the command and message processing service thread ( DFSCMTI0 )

Monitor and report on number of requests queued to the command and message processing service thread ( DFSCMTI0 ). We would like WTOs at thresholds (either IBM provided or user provided) that could be picked up and acted on by an automation product.
about 10 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

Allow HLASM to run on an x86 Linux server

Currently the HLASM build only works on a Linux system running on a zSeries mainframe, this restriction means we must purchase an IFL and mainframe storage to run just one Linux server, a TPF Toolkit guest.This IFL runs on the same hardware as our...
about 10 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 2 Not under consideration

sigon exit before signon is complete

Provide a way before signing on a user to allow for verification that the user can use the userid being signed on. Also disconnect users from their sessions if they have PF3ed out of the signon process - i.e. force them to sign on. Can we provide ...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Improve FIND and FIND NEXT commands for source finds for the Debug Tool GUI

Customer has asked we add similar functions as found in the ISPF FIND command in the program source window. Specifically they requested:FIND using column boundaries (FIND JOE 1 10)FIND text PREV or NEXTFIND text WORD or PREFIX or SUFFIX
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

Déplacement d'une structure de données

RPP V9.1 ? D?placement d'une structure de donn?esM?me comportement que pour les rubriques (erreur lors du d?placement)Les segments ne sont pas d?plac?s avec la structure de donn?es
about 10 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 6 Not under consideration

Discrepancy for column timestamp in table DS_ACTIVITY_%

Recently we started to use the Data Set Component. Something seems strange with the column timestamp used in tables DS_ACTIVITY_%. The only timestamp collected is the one of job start time, that is from fields SMF14RSD,SMF14RST. But for a long run...
about 10 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Future consideration

Owner filter on "DTCN Server Profile" list

Should be located for PD Tools - Debug Tool, but can't find category. Please remove this when reallocated. It should possible in the DTCN Server Profile view to set up a filter on userids. Today it's possible to type your userid in the list, but f...
about 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

AT ENTRY behavior between TIM and GUI - Improve GUI to automatically pick up the loadmod name as the TIM does.

When the load module is different from the program name, the AT ENTRY statement can be entered in the GUI as AT ENTRY programname. This is recognized for any load module, after the LDD is done. In the GUI, you must enter AT ENTRY loadmod::>pgmn...
about 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 6 Not under consideration

Add pane to SET QUALIFY CU in the GUI Modules Pane

Developers often have subprograms that they may want to view and set breakpoints prior to invoking the load of the program module. This can be accomplished today via the SET QUALIFY CU pgmname, or SET QUALIFY CU loadmod::>pgmname in the Debug T...
about 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Prime / Dupe Comparison is needed

One of the last steps in the ODBR procedure is for ODBR to do a prime / dupe comparison of old and new locations. Presumably, the purpose being to ensure integrity of the ODBR data movement and shadow copy process. This assumes there were no discr...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

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