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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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Make INQUIRE Profile threadsafe

Customer has transaction running on open TCB and is seeing the following in the trace:38363 L805R SM 0302 SMGF EXIT GETMAIN/OK ADDRESS(1E53BE40) RET-9E7DA4B8 22:40:49.0766455639 00.0000008750 =002158= 38363 L805R AP 092A APID ENTRY PROFILE NAME(DF...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Remote start timeout .

Customer is asking for some timeout process. When a remote start is issued and the receiving system can not act on the request right away the task that issued the start will wait .Currently it the remote system is defined and a link can be allocat...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Extend IPIC to support Function Shipping of DL/1 requests

Extend IPIC support for Function Shipping to include the routing of DL/I requests between CICS regions.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Allow for multiple Web Error Programs

Allow for a user replaceable Web Error Program, specified on the TCPIPService.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

CICSPlex SM WUI. Customer has requested a message error more precise/helpful.

Customer has a "CICS system definition" (screen1) that is defined as "Resource group scope name" of a "Resource description definition" (screen2). When she tried to remove the "CICS system definition", she received some error messages informing th...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

CICSPlex SM WUI. Detailed information about the cascade removal procedure during the "CICS system definition" deletion.

When a "CICS system definition" is removed, some of its related resources are also excluded. There is a message advising this procedure ("WARNING. For this definition type, removal will cascade through related associations"). Customer asked us the...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - Admin Control over Shipped Perspectives

Currently CICS Explorer is shipped with a set of Baseline Perspectives (CICS SM (Default), Resource, z/OS, etc.). We would like our CICS Explorer Administrators to be able to control what baseline perspectives are included in the CICS Explorer ins...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICSPlex SM WUI. A WUI view to show the groups with no resources or components.

This request is a complement of the RFE ID 22583. Customer would like a view that show the groups with no resources or components, like resource groups without resource definitions or CICS system groups without CICS system definitions.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Support 'Set File Close Empty' of quiesced RLS files

This is requesting "SET FILE CLOSE EMPTY" support for quiesced RLS files. This is to facilitate the reuse of allocated space for VSAM RLS files without the need for duplicate FCT entries (RLS and non-RLS), and the manipulation of them. (i.e. close...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Be able to configure the precedence of a MRO (mainly) or ISC connection over an IPCONN with the same name

Customer has requested an option that allows to configure the precedence of a MRO (mainly) or ISC connection over an IPCONN with the same name.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

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