PH24319: TEST (,,,SEPARATE(NODSNAME)), POSIX(ON) GIVES NO LOCAL VARIABLES IN CEEDUMP

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• TEST (,,,SEPARATE(NODSNAME)), POSIX(ON) GIVES NO LOCAL
  VARIABLES IN CEEDUMP
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL V6R2 and later     *
  *                 releases compiling programs with             *
  *                 SEPARATE(DSNAME) or SEPARATE(NODSNAME)       *
  *                 suboption in TEST(...) and running COBOL     *
  *                 programs with POSIX(ON) LE runtime option.   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When a CEEDUMP is produced, COBOL       *
  *                      Program's 'Local variable' section in   *
  *                      the CEEDUMP output is missing.          *
  *                                                              *
  *                      With PH22618 applied, the following     *
  *                      diagnostic message is additionally      *
  *                      printed in CEEDUMP:                     *
  *                                                              *
  *                       Local Variables:                       *
  *                       ...                                    *
  *                       COBOL variables were inaccessible.     *
  *                       Reason: cannot initialize the debug    *
  *                       file ...                               *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  With POSIX(ON) LE runtime option, COBOL Runtime had a logic
  error when DWARF information was initialized, resulting in
  missing 'Local variable' section.
  
  COB0602T/K COB0603T/K
  

Problem conclusion

• COBOL Runtime processing for CEEDUMP has been corrected to
  address the error.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• IGZBALCT IGZCEV4  IGZCMGEN IGZCMGJA IGZCMGUE IGZEDCCT IGZIBMCT
  IGZIGZCT IGZLLIBV IGZXAPI  IGZXCDA  IGZXD24  IGZXDMR  IGZXLPIO
  IGZXLPKA IGZXLPKB IGZXLPKC IGZXLPKD IGZXLPKE IGZXLPKF IGZXLPKG
  IGZXPK2
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  LE ENT COBOL LI

• Fixed component ID

  568819812

Applicable component levels

• R7A0 PSY UI70444

     UP20/07/24 P F007

• R7B0 PSY UI70448

     UP20/07/24 P F007

• R7BJ PSY UI70449

     UP20/07/24 P F007

• R7C0 PSY UI70450

     UP20/07/24 P F007

• R7CJ PSY UI70451

     UP20/07/24 P F007

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