PI18572: THE COMPILER SHOULD FORCE LRECL=80 FOR THE SYSLIN OBJECT OUTPUT IF THE USER DID NOT SPECIFY AN LRECL FOR SYSLIN IN HIS JCL.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• As currently delivered, the compiler proc does not specify the
  LRECL or BLKSIZE for the SYSLIN ddname in the COBOL step.
  However, users may choose to specify those values.
  The compiler should force LRECL=80 for the SYSLIN object output
  if the customer did not specify an LRECL for SYSLIN in his JCL.
  
  When DISP=NEW or DISP=SHR are used on the SYSLIN ddname in the
  compile step, and the BLKSIZE parameter is specified without
  the LRECL, then the compiler incorrectly changes the LRECL to
  match the specified BLKSIZE, which then causes the binder to
  abend.
  
  When DISP is left of entirely or DISP=MOD is used on the SYSLIN
  ddname in the compile step, and the BLKSIZE parameter is
  specified without the LRECL, then the compiler correctly sets
  the LRECL to 80 and uses whatever BLKSIZE is specified.  This
  is OK.
  
  When DISP is left off entirely on the SYSLIN ddname, and
  BLKSIZE is not specified, then the compiler correctly sets the
  LRECL to 80 and sets the BLKSIZE to 6080.  This is OK.
  

Local fix

• Do not specify either the LRECL or the BLKSIZE parameter on the
  SYSLIN ddname in the compile step.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL 5.1 compiling      *
  *                 programs using JCL that points to a NEW      *
  *                 output SYSLIN dataset, but does not specify  *
  *                 an LRECL in the SYSLIN DD definition.        *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The compiler created a dataset with     *
  *                      LRECL not = 80, which caused the        *
  *                      program management binder to fail.      *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  Since the compiler was not supplying an LRECL for SYSLIN, it
  used the user-specified BLKSZE for the LRECL, which resulted in
  a SYSLIN dataset with LRECL not equal to 80.  The binder can
  only process SYSLIN datasets with LRECL=80.
  

Problem conclusion

• The compiler was changed to specify LRECL=80 if an LRECL was not
  specified for the SYSLIN DD definition.
  

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

• IGYCBE
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ENT COBOL FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655W3200

Applicable component levels

• R510 PSY UI19849

     UP14/07/25 P F407

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