Using the Gen NEXTLOCATION command results in a LNK2019: unresolved symbol _TIRNXLOC error

Products

• Gen

Issue/Introduction

Using the Gen NEXTLOCATION command results LNK2019:

"unresolved symbol _TIRNXLOC"

during build Link for Linux/Unix and Windows.

 

 

Environment

Release : 8.6

Component : CGBT

Resolution

The NEXTLOCATION command is only a client module (not server) command.  

There is a statement in the doc that says:

"During processing, the Client Manager on the client uses an internal mapping table or a user-defined directory service to map the value of NEXTLOCATION to the appropriate application server."

Link from documentation:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/devops/ca-gen/8-6/developing/designing/using-the-toolset/nextlocation.html

Attempt this on a client PStep will build without error.  Attempting this on a Server PStep build will fail.  The error occurs because this object (_TIRNXLOC) is not within our server runtime libraries.