PI84111: ICH408I NO OMVS SEGMENT diagnostic, although the compiler completes normally

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• A POSIX(ON) requirement was mistakenly enforced on the compiler
  in the general availability version. This requirement was
  withdrawn in the November 2016 PTF, however users without an
  OMVS segment continue to get an ICH408I message diagnosing their
  lack of said segment.
  
  The compiler is attempting to load a diagnostic DLL via an
  "ambiguous" name, which under POSIX(OFF) causes a search first
  of the MVS search order, and then of the USS file system via the
  LIBPATH. As the DLL is not shipped in the public version of the
  compiler, the attempt to access the USS filesystem leads to to
  the diagnostic. Failure to find a DLL is not a terminating
  condition, so the compiler continues to execute.
  

Local fix

• -------------------<< Local Fix/Work Around >>------------------
  Give compiler users OMVS segments; they will be required when
  moving to v6.1 or later.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL V5.2 compiling     *
  *                 programs in an environment with no OMVS      *
  *                 segment.                                     *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Extraneous message from compile step:   *
  *                      Message  ICH408I ... OMVS SEGMENT NOT   *
  *                      DEFINED during compilation.             *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  An internal debugging dll was being loaded with an ambigious
  name causing an attempted USS search.
  

Problem conclusion

• Compiler was updated to only search for the dataset in MVS.
  

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   IGYECWI  IGYMSGE  IGYMSGK  IGYMSGT
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ENT COBOL FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655W3200

Applicable component levels

• R520 PSY UI48899

     UP17/07/27 P F707

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