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Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - z Systems Software
Product - z/OS
Component - LE
Operating system - IBM z/OS
Source - None
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Transaction Processing
Product - CICS Transaction Server
Component - Runtime
Operating system - IBM z/OS
Source - None
The CICS documentation will be updated to link to the Cobol documentation here https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.2.0/com.ibm.cobol62.ent.doc/migrate/igymch1700.html
The storage violations could not be reproduced, however without SYS1.MIGLIB and SYS1.SIEAMIGE in DFHRPL Debug tool was unable to show the program listing and produced message
EQA1964E Source or Listing data is not available, or the CU was not compiled with the correct compile options.
The explanation of this message could be enhanced to list the non inclusion of SYS1.MIGLIB and SYS1.SIEAMIGE in DFHRPL as a possible reason.
However besides Debug tool, Cobol itself requires the libraries to be present. Passing the RFE to Cobol for consideration. If the binder programs cannot be loaded then a failure with a specific reeturn code should be produced.
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Transaction Processing
Product - CICS Transaction Server
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - WebSphere
Product family - Transaction Processing
Product - CICS Transaction Server
To put this RFE in my own words: Tools running in CICS like DebugTool should not read deferred load classes (like DWARF data) by locating the binder api via DFHRPL. I think such tools are not properly designed to be good CICS citizens and integrity of CICS is compromised when one has to add linklst libraries to DFHRPL. Therefore this RFE should address the PDT-group (especially DebugTool).