PI55301: PARALLEL COMPILES FAIL DUE TO TEMPORARY FILE ISSUES

COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 1 (February 2016 PTF) for 5.1
COBOL for AIX, V5.1.0.2 Fix Pack (December 2016 PTF)
COBOL for AIX, V5.1.0.3 Fix Pack (October 2017 PTF)
COBOL for AIX, V5.1.0.4 Fix Pack (January 2018 PTF)
COBOL for AIX, V5.1.0.5 Fix Pack (May 2018 PTF)
COBOL for AIX, V5.1.0.6 Fix Pack (October 2018 PTF)
COBOL for AIX, V5.1.0.7 Fix Pack (December 2018 PTF)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When launching a sequence of parallel compiles, there is
  a parallelism issue during code gen and the
  compiler issues the following:
  
  IGYLI0090-W   100 sequence errors were found in this
  program.
  Messages    Total    Informational    Warning    Error    Severe
  Terminating
  Printed:       1                          1
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.IGYIC5258-U   Error
  removing WCode file.: : A file or directory in the path name
  does not exist.A file or directory in the path name does not
  exist.
  
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.: A file or directory in
  the path name does not exist.
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.: A file or directory in
  the path name does not exist.
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.: A file or directory in
  the path name does not exist.
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.: A file or directory in
  the path name does not exist.
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.: A file or directory in
  the path name does not exist.
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.: A file or directory in
  the path name does not exist.
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.: A file or directory in
  the path name does not exist.
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.: A file or directory in
  the path name does not exist.
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.: A file or directory in
  the path name does not exist.
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.: A file or directory in
  the path name does not exist.
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.: A file or directory in
  the path name does not exist.
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.: A file or directory in
  the path name does not exist.
  IGYIC5258-U   Error removing WCode file.: A file or directory in
  the path name does not exist.
  
  LineID  Message code  Message text
  IGYSC0205-W   Warning message(s) were issued during
  library phase processing.  Refer to the beginning of the
  listing.
  IGYPG3070-U 1500-004: (
  99  IGYPG3327-U   Code generation processing encountered an
  error in the intermediate code (rc=1). Contact
  your IBM service representative.
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• USERS AFFECTED:
  Users compiling AIX COBOL programs in parallel may be affected
  by this issue.
  
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  Error message 'IGYIC5258-U Error removing WCode file.: A file or
  directory in the path name does not exist' is issued during
  compilation.
  The temporary files created by the compiler were being placed in
  the same temporary directory causing intermediate compiler files
  to be deleted while a compile was still in progress.
  

Problem conclusion

• Temporary files are now created in unique directories.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PI31019

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  COBOL FOR AIX

• Fixed component ID

  5724Z8700

Applicable component levels