IT38567: ACE V12 AND V11.0.0.12 AND ABOVE DO NOT RESPECT THE LOCAL CODEPAGE ON LINUX PLATFORMS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• ACE v12.0.1 and above, and ACE v11.0.0.12 and above do not
  respect the local codepage as specified by the LANG environment
  variable on Linux platforms. Instead UTF-8 will always be used
  as the local codepage. Affected users will note that the
  mqsiservice command will always report that the console and ICU
  CCSIDs are 1208 and that the default codepage is UTF-8. For
  example on an unaffected system:
  
  $ LANG=ja_JP.eucjp mqsiservice
  BIPmsgs  ja_JP
   Console CCSID=33722, ICU CCSID=33722
   Default codepage=ibm-33722_P12A_P12A-2004_U2, in
  ascii=ibm-33722_P12A_P12A-2004_U2
   JAVA console codepage name=cp33722
  
  BIP8071I: ??????????????
  
  but an affected system will show:
  
  BIPmsgs  ja_JP
   Console CCSID=1208, ICU CCSID=1208
   Default codepage=UTF-8, in ascii=UTF-8
   JAVA console codepage name=UTF-8
  
  BIP8071I: ??????????????
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  All users of IBM App Connect Enterprise v11.0.0.12 and above on
  Linux platforms
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  Linux on Power platform, Linux on x86-64 platform, Linux on
  zSeries platform
  
  ****************************************************************
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  The local CCSID is incorrectly fixed to be 1208 (i.e. UTF-8) on
  all Linux platforms due to a change in behaviour in ICU.
  

Problem conclusion

• The version of ICU shipped with IBM App Connect Enterprise is
  now correctly configured to respect the local CCSID.
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v11.0      11.0.0.16
  v12.0      12.0.3.0
  
  The latest available maintenance can be obtained from:
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006041
  
  If the maintenance level is not yet available,information on
  its planned availability can be found on:
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006308
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  APP CONNECT ENT

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0550

Applicable component levels