Fixes are available
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 compiling a certain COBOL test case, the compiler produced a code generation error.
Local fix
N/A
Problem summary
USERS AFFECTED: COBOL for AIX users running a COBOL compile with File Descriptors may be affected by this issue. PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The problem is the following RENAMES in the File Section: 66 I554-SHORT-KEY RENAMES I554-RECORD-TYPE THRU I554-INSTITUTION-SEQ. A previous change tried to retrieve the correct parent item for the item. However, it failed to take into account tha a file record's parent is the file name.
Problem conclusion
The above issue has been fixed.
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
PI55314
Reported component name
COBOL FOR AIX
Reported component ID
5724Z8700
Reported release
510
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2016-01-13
Closed date
2016-01-13
Last modified date
2016-01-13
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
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
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Document Information
Modified date:
13 October 2021