IBM® Rational® ClearCase Remote Client Release 7.0.1

This site updates an existing installation of the ClearCase® Remote Client or ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse to release 7.0.1. Release 7.0.1 includes all content from release 7.0.0, and can be applied to releases 7.0.0 or later.

For more information about new features in the ClearCase Remote Client release 7.0.1, see the What's New in CCRC topic in the ClearCase Remote Client Help.

New in this release

This release adds the ability to view and modify stream and baseline properties, and fixes the following problems:

RATLC00732937; Re-importing an existing project into a workspace causes the project and its contents to appear as a view-private files
RATLC00740218; Users are not warned that their ClearCase view needs an update before a deliver or find/merge operation is performed
RATLC00743927; View private files appear in the Add Load Rules dialog
RATLC00754116; The ClearCase Version Tree Browser view does not show when a version is hijacked
RATLC00759450; Options are disabled in the Properties section of the Deliver/Rebase Results view context menu
RATLC00761473; If you click and drag an object out of the ClearCase Version Tree Browser view, you cannot see the object again until you refresh the view
RATLC00767273; If you attempt to rebase a stream that has a rebase in process, an "invalid baseline" error message is displayed before the Resume/Cancel dialog opens
RATLC00767577; In the Rebase Stream dialog, if you replace a composite baseline with the original baseline, the dialog displays both "override" and "overridden" on the same component
RATLC00770348; An error occurs if you click Cancel on the Add Load Rules dialog while an operation is in progress
RATLC00771192; The Import project set into Workspace option is not available on the context menu when a .psf file is selected
RATLC00771376; An error occurs if you click Cancel on the ClearQuest login dialog that opens from the ClearQuest tab of the Activity Properties dialog
RATLC00772185; The list of baselines on the Advanced section of the Rebase Preview dialog is disabled until the user clears the Use parent stream's recommended baselines checkbox
RATLC00772646; Shift+F10 does not bring up the context menu when "sticky keys" are enabled
RATLC00980574; The ClearCase Metadata Explorer Navigator and the ClearCase Metadata Explorer Details views appear blank in Eclipse 3.2M5
RATLC00980741; On Linux and UNIX systems, comparing a version with its predecessor fails if the file name contains a space
RATLC00980898; The Use parent stream's recommended baselines checkbox does not appear on the Rebase Preview dialog
RATLC00981053; The Always hijack preference, available from Window > Preferences, does not work on Solaris systems
RATLC00981514; If you attempt import multiple projects with a .psf file, but the projects are not loaded in the view, the import does not complete successfully
RATLC00982068; Pressing the F1 key does not open the help for the Stream Properties and Baseline Properties dialogs
RATLC00982186; xcleardiff is not invoked from the ClearCase Remote Client on HP-UX
RATLC00982195; On UNIX and Linux systems, the Properties button may not appear on the Baselines tab of the Stream Properties dialog
RATLC00982358; Using Eclipse 3.0, the ClearCase Remote Client does not properly handle a deliver operation that is cancelled after all merges and checkins are complete
RATLC00982447; Performance is slow when browsing a large VOB from the copy area
RATLC00984277; On the Baselines tab of the Stream Properties dialog, there is no icon decoration next to the recommended baseline
RATLC00984510; HTTPS connections do not work with an HP 11.11 Eclipse client
RATLC00984518; The Progress view does not open to show the progress of an operation
RATLC00985027; The Delete key does not work in the ClearCase Remote Client
RATLC01090995; The ClearCase Version Tree Browser view filter preferences do not persist within the same session of Eclipse
RATLC01091049; No details are available in the error dialog that appears when you cancel an apply label operation
RATLC01102338; An Unable to find VOB object error occurs if you attempt to check in a file whose parent directory was renamed in another view
RATLC00985207; A manual merge incorrectly saves merge results to a temporary file
RATLC00985674; The ClearCase Remote Client cannot display a ClearQuest record in a reverse proxy configuration
RATLC01112546; Using the Ctrl+V shortcut key to paste a file in the ClearCase Remote Client does not work
RATLC01184380; The element icon decorations do not always update to reflect the current state of an element

Known problems in this release

The following are known problems in this release of the ClearCase Remote Client:

RATLC00985682; Import menu option is enabled for a .project file in the ClearCase Perspective
If you right-click on a .project file in the ClearCase Perspective, the Import option on the context menu is enabled, even though the ClearCase Remote Client does not support importing a project with a .project file. You must import a project by selecting the project root folder, not the .project file.
RATLC00985008; The English ClearCase Remote Client has problems handing non-ASCII characters in view names
If you are using an English version of the ClearCase Remote Client on a machine whose code page contains non-ASCII characters, views that you create on the machine may be deleted from the registry.

Restrictions and guidelines for using the ClearCase Remote Client

This section describes noteworthy restrictions and guidelines that apply to this release. These are not considered defects because they are not expected to change in a future release.

License agreements do not display on HP-UX

If you are accessing a remote HP-UX host using the X Window system, you might see errors of the following form when attempting to view the ClearCase Remote Client license agreements during or after installation:

Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
Warning: Cannot convert string "-dt-interface system-medium-r-normal-l*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" to type FontSet
Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
Warning:  

Name: FONTLIST_DEFAULT_TAG_STRING
Class: XmRendition Conversion failed.  Cannot load font.

To enable display of the license agreements, configure an X Window system font server that can make the missing fonts available to the display you are using to access the remote HP-UX host.

Documentation updates

This section provides updates, corrections, and additions to the ClearCase Remote Client documentation included in this release.

The following updates apply to the "Importing an Eclipse project from ClearCase" Help topic: