IT39381: NEW CODE PAGE CONVERTERS LOCATION

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• When generating a new code page converter, previously it was
  possible to specify the ICU_DATA directory and place new
  converter files in this directory. However, after upgrading to
  ICU version 69.1 this is no longer possible, as setting ICU_DATA
  on some environments might interfere with other programs or
  tools that also use ICU, such as Toolkit. The only possible
  location for new converters is now at $MQSI_FILEPATH/xml4c/data
  or $MQSI_FILEPATH/icudata on Windows.
  
  This APAR allows using custom ICU_DATA directories for new code
  page converters for customers on environments where there is no
  Toolkit or environments where setting ICU_DATA does not
  interfere with Toolkit.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  USERS AFFECTED:
  All ACE V11 and ACE V12 users, who have custom code page
  converters and ICU version is 69.1 or higher
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  MultiPlatform
  
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  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  When generating a new code page converter, previously it was
  possible to specify the ICU_DATA directory and place new
  converter files in this directory. However, after upgrading to
  ICU version 69.1 this is no longer possible, as setting ICU_DATA
  on some environments might interfere with other programs or
  tools that also use ICU, such as Toolkit. The only possible
  location for new converters is now at $MQSI_FILEPATH/xml4c/data
  or $MQSI_FILEPATH/icudata on Windows.
  
  This APAR allows using custom ICU_DATA directories for new code
  page converters for customers on environments where there is no
  Toolkit or environments where setting ICU_DATA does not
  interfere with Toolkit.
  

Problem conclusion

• Users can set custom location for their page code converters,
  provided that they do not use toolkit in the same environment or
  their toolkit does not crash following custom ICU_DATA setting.
  
  To apply this APAR -
  
  1. The ICU_DATA environment variable has to be set in
  mqsiprofile as
  ICU_DATA=${MQSI_BASE_FILEPATH}/server/xml4c/data${ICU_DATA:+":"$
  {ICU_DATA}}
  
  2. An environment variable MQSI_DO_NOT_SET_ICU_DATA has to be
  set to any value, e.g.
  
   MQSI_DO_NOT_SET_ICU_DATA=yes
  

Temporary fix

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