Rational ClearCase LT Service Release 2002.05.02.XXX.000 Release Notes

May 2002

Copyright Information

 


Copyright © 2002 Rational Software Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

This software contains proprietary and confidential information of Rational and its suppliers. Use, disclosure or reproduction is prohibited without the prior express written consent of Rational.

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Scope

This service release updates Rational ClearCase LT Release 2002.05.00 by providing fixes for defects listed below in the Defects fixed in this release section. Refer to the Installation Information section for details on installing this service release.  

 

 

Table of Contents

Scope.

Hardware/Software Information.

Supported Platforms.

Hardware Requirements.

Software Requirements.

Getting Started.

Installation Information.

Installation Issues.

Product Documentation.

Compatibility Issues.

With Rational Products.

With Third-Party Products.

New and Changed Features.

Late Changes to Documentation.

Restrictions and Guidelines on Using ClearCase LT.

Defects Fixed and Files Changed in This Service Release.

Defects fixed in this release.

Files changed in this release.

Additional Information.

Contacting Rational Technical Support

 

Hardware/Software Information

This section lists the platforms on which this service release can be installed. It also describes any changes to the hardware and software requirements for Rational ClearCase LT Release 2002.05.00.

Supported Platforms

This service release is supported on the following platforms

Hardware Requirements

Hardware requirements for this service release are the same as those described in the installation notes for Rational ClearCase LT Release 2002.05.00

Software Requirements

Software requirements for this service release are the same as those described in the installation notes for Rational ClearCase LT Release 2002.05.00

Getting Started

This section describes any issues you need to be aware of before you install this service release. It also describes how to install the service release.

Installation Issues

There are no known issues with installing this service release.

Installation Information

Rational ClearCase LT Service Release 2002.05.01.305.000 is intended to update a host that is running Rational ClearCase LT Release 2002.05.00. Follow these steps to download and install this service release:

Product Documentation

Documentation for Rational ClearCase LT is available on-line at http://www.rational.com/support/products/clearcase.jsp

Compatibility Issues

This section describes any compatibility issues that could arise from use of this service release.

With Rational Products.

This service release does not introduce any compatibility issues with other Rational products.

With Third-Party Products

This service release does not introduce any known compatibility issues with third-party products.

New and Changed Features

This Service Release provides the following new features:

Late Changes to Documentation

There are no changes to documentation associated with this service release. 

Restrictions and Guidelines on Using ClearCase LT

There are no new restrictions or guidelines associated with this service release.  

Defects Fixed and Files Changed in This Service Release

This section describes defects that are corrected by, and files that are changed in, this service release.

Defects Fixed in This Service Release

Defect Number

Description

CMBU00024767

Provides support for an integration between ClearCase and Borland JBuilder 5.0.

CMBU00049254

Corrects a defect that prevented the ClearCase/PowerBuilder integration from prompting the user to re-start PowerBuilder after changing the configuration to Version Libraries.

CMBU00053132

Enhances the ClearCase/PowerBuilder integration to make the application path persistent across sessions.

CMBU00054934

Corrects a defect in the ClearCase/PowerBuilder integration that could prevent the pblpopulate utility from working for applications that use the public PBL file.

CMBU00055104

Corrects a defect that could cause view creation to fail when the view tag included an SJIS character with a low order byte whose value was the same as the ascii
value of "\".

CMBU00055152

Corrects a defect that could cause updates to fail for snapshot views that referenced any VOB tag that included an SJIS character with a low order byte whose value was the same as the ascii value of "\".

CMBU00056068

Adds support for PowerBuilder 8.0 to the ClearCase/PowerBuilder integration.

CMBBU00056260

Provides support for the integration between ClearCase and Forte for Java version 3.0.

CMBU00056812

Provides a more informative error message when an invalid policy value is specified in the Project Explorer.

CMBU00056913

Corrects a defect that could cause "compare with previous baseline" operations in the component tree browser to select an incorrect predecessor baseline.

CMBU00057496

Corrects a defect that could cause lscomp to display an error message of the form "Component '<comp>' is corrupt: missing CompentRootDir" if a component VOB had
been removed with rmvob. lscomp now displays a warning of the form "Component '<comp>' is invalid due to missing ComponentRootDir hyperlink; its component VOB
may have been removed."

CMBU00057636

Corrects a defect that prevented the Edit Baselines dialog from returning the user to the Project Explorer after baseline editing was complete.

CMBU00057719

Corrects a defect that prevented rebase from informing the user that no files needed to be merged in the stream being rebased.

CMBU00057898

Corrects a defect that prevented cleartool commands of the form "deliver -g -to integration_view" from working.

CMBU00058299

Improves the performance of the UCM ClearCase/ClearQuest integration.

CMBU00058319

Corrects a defect that could cause findmerge -follow to fail when traversing a symbolic link to another VOB.

CMBU00058436

Provides ClearCase Toolbar support in Microsoft VisualStudio .NET

CMBU00058499

Corrects a regression that could cause an "RPC: Can't encode arguments" error when running clearfsimport to import a view-private file in a snapshot view.

CMBU00058609

Corrects a defect that prevented using the Project Explorer to import a label as a UCM baseline for a component that was not rooted at the VOB root.

CMBU00058721

Corrects a defect that could allow a user to create a VOB-level component in a VOB that already had one or more components rooted below the VOB root.

CMBU00058816

Provides a Graphical User Interface to the base ClearCase/ClearQuest integration. For more information, see ccase-home-dir/lib/perl5/CQCCTrigger/CQCC/README
on any patched host.

CMBU00058824

Corrects a defect in the ClearCase/PowerBuilder integration that could cause various UCM operations to fail when invoked from the integration.

CMBU00059073

Corrects a defect that could cause clearmake to report a syntax error when processing a macro assignment that was preceded by one or more tab characters.

CMBU00059122

Provides installation support related to defect CMBU00058816

CMBU00059138

Provides installation support related to defect CMBU00024767.

CMBU00059142

Corrects a defect that could cause deliver to fail with a message of the form "Missing component root directory hlink for VOB" for any activity that includes a version of an element that resides in a component rooted below the VOB root and that has been moved to or from another activity.

CMBU00059276

Adds a ClearCase toolbar to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.

CMBU00059436

Corrects a defect that could cause mkcomp to fail with an internal error when converting an existing directory to a component if the directory is not the VOB root and the directory or any of its subdirectories contains one or more VOB symbolic links.

 

Changes Included From Previous Service Releases

Defects Fixed in ClearCase LT Service Release 2002.05.01.305.000

Defect Number

Description

CMBU00055825

Corrects a defect that could cause sporadic permission errors for users on Windows hosts accessing VOBs on Unix hosts. These errors occur only when a migration to Active Directory is in progress and the user has accounts in both a Windows NT domain and an Active Directory domain.

CMBU00058149

Corrects a defect that corrects a defect that could leave a new component inaccessible if it was created from a non-UCM view and had a root directory that was not a VOB root.

CMBU00057862

Corrects a defect that could cause a stack overflow when creating a new baseline.

CMBU00058053

Corrects a defect that left the DELETE mapping option of vob_sidwalk inoperative.

CMBU00055152

Corrects a defect that could cause updates to fail for snapshot views that referenced any VOB tag that included an SJIS character with a low order byte whose value was the same as the ascii value of "\".

CMBU00055104

Corrects a defect that could cause view creation to fail when the view tag included an SJIS character with a low order byte whose value was the same as the ascii value of "\".

CMBU00050777

Modifies the Join Project Wizard to disallow creation of an integration view for any project that is not mastered locally.

CMBU00058029

Corrects a defect that could cause a spurious "... recommended baseline could not be retrieved..." error message from rebase if a parent of the stream being rebased is configured to use a single component and has not yet created its own baseline of that component but is instead recommending a baseline created in
another stream.

CMBU00057954

Provides support in the Project Explorer GUI for making modifiable components non-modifiable (subject to applicable constraints).

CMBU00058083

Corrects a defect that caused the remote deliver preview GUI to exit before any action could be taken by the user.

CMBU00057889

Corrects a defect that caused the rebase GUI to display a spurious error message when the user attempted to rebase a single-component stream.

CMBU00058425

Provides additional topics for ClearCase Explorer on-line help.

CMBU00057519

Corrects a defect that could cause deliver to complete without checking in all delivered files.

CMBU00057979

Corrects a defect that could cause cleartool findmerge -follow to fail with a segmentation violation when it encountered certain VOB symbolic links.

CMBU00057957

Corrects a defect that could cause deliver to make an incorrect determination about whether a view has checkouts when the view includes elements from any component whose root directory is not a VOB root.

CMBU00058123

Corrects a defect that could cause checkin to fail when many checked-out files were being checked in at a time.

Files Changed in ClearCase LT Service Release 2002.05.01.305.000

bin\configspeceditor.ocx

bin\clearmrgman.exe

bin\libatriaks.dll

bin\libatriacredmap.dll

bin\view_server.exe

bin\libatriavob.dll

bin\libatriasum.dll

bin\admin_server.exe

bin\clearviewtool.exe

bin\libatriacmd.dll

bin\ccmndlg.dll

bin\libatriabuild.dll

bin\libatriacm.dll

bin\libatriaccfs.dll

bin\clearprojexp.exe

bin\cleardiffbl.exe

bin\cc_dev_tasks.hlp

bin\cc_main.hlp

bin\cc_main.cnt

bin\vajintegration\configurationwizard\vajreleasenotes.txt

etc\utils\datdump.exe

etc\utils\vob_sidwalk.exe

etc\utils\vob_siddump.exe

bin\libatriaview.dll

bin\cc_relnotes_sr.htm

Additional Information

No additional information is needed for this release.

Contacting Rational Technical Support

If you have questions about installing, using, or maintaining this product, contact Rational Technical Support as follows:

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Lexington, MA

support@rational.com

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Netherlands        

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Asia Pacific

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Australia

 

+61-2-9419-0123

Australia

 

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