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ClearCase

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improve rcleartool performance

Find a solution to speed up rcleartool execution, for example by reusing the same java environment. When sitting in rcleartool shell, the first command is slow (because of java overhead) but subsequent commands are faster.Unfortunately "rcleartool...
over 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

CTE plugin should check version of CC full client

The CTE Eclipse plugin should check the CC full client version (installed on the same workstation) and give a warning if it's different.
almost 7 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

mkstream should verify components from composite baseline

This verification logic should be added to the mkstream command: a. check to see if the baseline specified by the -baseline parameter is a composite baseline b. if it is, determine which baselines it depends on and what components those baselines ...
almost 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Support for System Security Services Daemon since NSCD is deprecated on RHEL7.*

Use of NSCD is deprecated on RHEL 7.* -- when CCv8.0.1 is installed on such a system, use of cleartool and multitool generates an errorand may or may not finish proply - unless NSCD is installed and running.
over 7 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Provide CMAPI support for lshistory and other commands.

The CMAPI provides a Java API for ClearCase, but some common commands to "see" what has happened across a VOB have no real CMAPI equivalents -- particularly lshistory.
almost 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Built-in data integrity checks for ClearCase data

Dear IBM/Rational support, We need a new feature to ensure the integrity of ClearCase data, especially for source containers. We have found out that even very simple manipulations of source containers are NOT detected by the available checks (dbch...
over 7 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Streamlining the distribution of a custom provider in CTE

When want a custom provider for merges/compares in CTE We have 50+ clients with ClearCase Manually creating the provider via settings dialog in CTE for every client costs a lot of time and is errorprone So the idea would be to distribute the custo...
almost 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

ClearCase4Cds: check "checkedout but removed" files before check-in

In ClearCase Cadence integration, we are using ClearCase GUI to check-in Cadence library, cell, views. Some of Cadence tools remove files in a cellview with unix remove command and not use the DM remove. A check for check-in is needed: If there ar...
almost 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Release the VOB Repair tools with ClearCase product

This RFE is requesting that the many VOB repair tools released by support be versioned and released with the product in a similar manner to how checkvob is released.HCL support has agreed that is supported to run these repair tools before contacti...
about 8 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 3 Future consideration

Fully Support Windows API GetFileInformationByHandleEx() Call in MVFS

Certain tools that use the current CLANG toolset use this call to get a unique file ID (to avoid scanning the same file multiple times.
about 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration