PH41479: UPDATE THE MESSAGE IN THE IGYCDOPT DEFAULT COMPILER OPTION BUILD PROCESS TO BETTER EXPLAIN INCORRECT VALUES

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• APAR PH36777 added code to SIGYMAC(IGYCOPT) to recognize the
  problem when administrators incorrectly coded OPTION( ) instead
  of OPTION=( ) or coded an unknown compiler option.
  Administrators are getting confused because the *** MNOTE ***
  message says OPT=VALUE instead of OPTION=VALUE.  They
  mistakenly think that there is a problem with the OPT
  (OPTIMIZE) compiler option.  They also do not recognize that
  the list of invalid options is listed immediately below the
  message, in the assembler listing output for IGYCDOPT.
  
  The original error message produced by the MNOTE in the IGYCOPT
  macro was not clear enough and seemed to imply that there was a
  problem with the OPT compiler option, when it was actually
  referring to any compiler OPTION.  The message also did not
  instruct the administrator to look for the badly formatted or
  unknown compiler options immediately following the MNOTE error
  message in the assembler listing.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All administrators of the z/OS Enterprise    *
  *                 COBOL V6.2 Compiler who are planning to      *
  *                 modify compiler option default values by     *
  *                 building the IGYCDOPT program.               *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: APAR PH36777 added code to              *
  *                      SIGYMAC(IGYCOPT) to recognize the       *
  *                      problem when administrators incorrectly *
  *                      coded OPTION( ) instead of OPTION=( ),  *
  *                      or coded an unknown compiler option.    *
  *                      Administrators are getting confused     *
  *                      because the message says OPT=VALUE      *
  *                      instead of OPTION=VALUE,  and           *
  *                      mistakenly think that there is a        *
  *                      problem with the OPT (OPTIMIZE)         *
  *                      compiler option.  They also do not      *
  *                      recognize that the list of invalid      *
  *                      options is listed immediately below the *
  *                      message, in the assembler listing       *
  *                      output for igycdopt.                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the IBM provided PTF                   *
  ****************************************************************
  The original error message produced by the MNOTE in the IGYCOPT
  macro was not clear enough and seemed to imply that there was a
  problem with the OPT compiler option, when it was actually
  referring to any compiler OPTION.  The message also did not
  instruct the administrator to look for the badly formatted or
  unknown compiler options to immediately follow the error message
  in the assembler listing.
  

Problem conclusion

• The MNOTE error message produced when an incorrectly formatted
  or unknown compiler option is specified in the IGYCDOPT
  assembler file has been reworded to clearly identify the
  problem.   It also now instructs the admin to look for the
  unknown or badly formatted options to immediately follow this
  message in the assembler listing.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PH40314

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

Modules/Macros

• IGY8RWTU IGYCASMB IGYCCBE  IGYCCCRT IGYCCICS IGYCCSRV IGYCDGEN
  IGYCDIAG IGYCDMAP IGYCEN$0 IGYCEN$1 IGYCEN$2 IGYCEN$3 IGYCEN$4
  IGYCEN$5 IGYCEN$8 IGYCEN$D IGYCEN$R IGYCFGEN IGYCFREE IGYCINIT
  IGYCJA$0 IGYCJA$1 IGYCJA$2 IGYCJA$3 IGYCJA$4 IGYCJA$5 IGYCJA$8
  IGYCJA$D IGYCJA$R IGYCLIBH IGYCLIBO IGYCLIBR IGYCLSTR IGYCLVL0
  IGYCLVL1 IGYCLVL2 IGYCLVL3 IGYCLVL8 IGYCMALL IGYCOB2E IGYCOPI
  IGYCOPT  IGYCOSCN IGYCPGEN IGYCRCTL IGYCRDPR IGYCRDSC IGYCREAL
  IGYCRWT  IGYCSCAN IGYCSIMD IGYCUE$0 IGYCUE$1 IGYCUE$2 IGYCUE$3
  IGYCUE$4 IGYCUE$5 IGYCUE$8 IGYCUE$D IGYCUE$R IGYCXREF IGYDRV
  IGYEQCWI IGYMSGE  IGYMSGK  IGYMSGT  IGYQCBE  IGYZQDRV IGYZQENU
  IGYZQJPN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ENT COBOL FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655EC600

Applicable component levels

• R620 PSY UI77740

     UP21/10/30 P F110

• R621 PSY UI77741

     UP21/10/30 P F110

• R622 PSY UI77742

     UP21/10/30 P F110

• R62H PSY UI77743

     UP21/10/30 P F110

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