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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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CICS Transaction Gateway Request Monitor Exit Should run on Internal Rollback Requests

When the CICS Transaction Gateway handles the loss of communications with client applications for Extended Units of Work (XLUW or XA), it will internally issue an ECIRollback to the CICS region. When this occurs, the CTG Request Monitoring Exit do...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Security violation for unknown userid during initialization

As soon as the CICS Transaction Gateway v8.for z/OS is starting, there is a security violation for userid 0@ %*?&#. Although this is working as designed, it is something which must always be explained for audit purposes.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide startup statistics for TCP and SSL protocols

Please provide the startup values for the TCP and SSL protocol settings. Your currently provide the Bind addresses and ports, but do not provide the connecttimeout, idletimeout, ping frequency, dropworking or solinger values.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Other 2 Not under consideration

64-bit compile and run time support for ECI Version 2

With CICS TG V8, the ECI Version 2 API and run time only support 32-bit applications. Newer C-language applications utilize 64-bit run time libraries and middleware services and as such require 64-bit compilation. In order for CICS TG to be utiliz...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Enable Batch Reanalysis to provide a Full CICS trace

I can see the CICS internal trace table through Interactive Analysis, but I cannot see it when performing batch reanalysis?
over 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

RDZ/Fault Analyzer; Interactive mode not available with RDz 7.5

Interactivie Mode is a requirement for RDz product development at Videotron.
about 15 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Please modify Fault Analyzer to add the ability to QUIET the IDI0001I message.

Customer would like the ability to suppress (QUIET), the IDI0001I message.
over 12 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Route rexx SAY output to the JOB LOG for the Analysis Control User Exit

Output from the SAY or TRACE commands to the JOB LOG or MESSAGES. It is documented in the manual that to see the SAY or TRACE output you had to use the IDITRACE DD. If the output would always appear for a JOB/TASK then the messages we put out in t...
over 12 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Allow Changes To Default History File Allocation.

When a user copies a fault out of FA into a private library, the defaults for allocating the new file are: 100 Cylinders 25 Cylinders F (1-3 alphabetic characters) LIBRARY (LIBRARY or PDS) 100 (25-9999999) The product should be changed to allow th...
over 12 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

The VLM function of the File Manager generates superfluous information in the output report (FMNREPT) section

The VLM function of File Manager is usefull to generate an output file that display a lot of information about the module(s) in question: it’s interesting. However the output file also contains other information that are more or less superfluous i...
almost 3 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Future consideration