@Ed, this certainly goes to @Tony's point that CEEDUMP is great except when
it isn't.

It's not my pig and it's not my farm but if @Janet wanted to submit a
requirement I would support it.

Charles

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
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Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 12:39 PM
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Subject: Re: Dump in 64 bit mode "Storage around GPR2 is invalid."

> On Aug 29, 2016, at 9:51 AM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> Hmmm. To me, that strategy seems appropriate for a report program 
> ("this field is not relevant to this type of transaction so print 
> blanks or
> asterisks") but not for a dump program. Isn't a dump -- consider the 
> name -- supposed to be "here it all is, as it all is, you figure out 
> what is relevant"?
> 
> Is not the contents of an "irrelevant" register save area sometimes 
> the very clue you need? "Look at that -- it looks like part of one of 
> my error diagnostics -- I must be overlaying storage with the message" 
> or "look, R2 is pointing to my widget table. I must have come through 
> the widget lookup routine after all."
> 
> I know, my comment is fundamentally irrelevant. LE's dump program 
> works the way it works, and they are not going to change it because of 
> a comment on IBM-MAIN, at least not in time to help @Janet.
> 
> Charles

Charles:

Try a SHARE requirement. LE (as usual IMO) is being arrogant , They really
need to be slapped down a few notches.

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