PH40828: DEBUG TOOL UNABLE TO DISPLAY DATA ITEMS WHEN THEY ARE VARIABLY LOCATED OR VARIABLE LENGTH

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Debug Tool unable to display data items when they are variably
  located or variable length
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of IBM Debug for z/OS with Enterprise  *
  *                 COBOL V6 programs trying to list data items  *
  *                 that are part of a group that contains ODO   *
  *                 (Occurs Depending On) data items.            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: For some variably-located or            *
  *                      variable-length items the value of the  *
  *                      item was incorrectly displayed          *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF and recompile         *
  ****************************************************************
  The compiler was generating incorrect DWARF debug info for some
  groups with variably-located and/or variable length data items
  so that Debug for z/OS could not locate them correctly
  

Problem conclusion

• The compiler was changed to correctly generate DWARF debug info
  for Debug for z/OS
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PH38532

• 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 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  IGYQSPLT IGYSIDE2 IGYZQEN6 IGYZQENU
  IGYZQJP6 IGYZQJPN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ENT COBOL FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655EC600

Applicable component levels

• R630 PSY UI77327

     UP21/10/01 P F109

• R631 PSY UI77328

     UP21/10/01 P F109

• R632 PSY UI77329

     UP21/10/01 P F109

• R63H PSY UI77330

     UP21/10/01 P F109

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