PM36831: CCRC IGNORES TYPE MANAGER VALUES SPECIFIED AS A RESOURCE TYPE FOR A PREPROCESSOR

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Headline:
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  Headline:
  CCRC ignores type manager values specified as a Resource
  Type for a Preprocessor
  
  
  APAR Description:
  
  In IBM Rational ClearCase Remote Client (CCRC) 7.1.1 and
  later, when setting a Resource Type for a Preprocessor, the
  value is ignored if it is in the format of a type manager
  (such as %text_file_delta).
  
  Specifying a wildcard value such as *.txt does work however.
  
  Additionally, type manager values such as %text_file_delta
  are honored for Compare Provider and Merge Provider; only
  Preprocessor is negatively impacted.
  -----
  
  Steps to reproduce the issue:
  
  [The following are abbreviated steps from technote
  https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21429605
  ("RCS Style Keyword Substitution with CCRC client")]
  
  1) Create a new element test.txt with content such as the
  following:
  
  ---
  $Author: user1 $
  ---
  
  2) Checkout test.txt and modify the file to contain the
  following:
  
  ---
  $Author: user2 $
  ---
  
  Check the file back in, creating a new version.
  
  3) Create a preprocessor perl script "rcs_squash.pl" such
  as:
  
  #!perl
  # Squash RCS keywords
  use strict;
  my $in = shift;
  my $out = shift;
  open IN, "?$in"  or die "Can't open ? $in : $!";
  open OUT,"?$out" or die "Can't open ? $out : $!";
  while(?IN?) {
  s{(\$[A-Z][a-z]+):.*?\$}{$1:\$}g;
  print OUT;
  }
  
  This example script looks for RCS keyword type pattern of
  $KEYWORD:?data?$ and reduces them to $KEYWORD:$
  
  4) Save this script to a directory on the CCRC client
  system.  For this example, the path used will be:
  C:\tools\cc_merge_manager\ucm_merge_manager\rcs_squash.pl
  
  5) To Configure CCRC, bring up: CCRC
  Window-?Preferences-?ClearCase Remote Client
  -?Integrations-?Compare/Merge-? Manage Providers.
  
  6) Set "Provider Name" to RCS_KEYWORDS.
  
  7) Set the Path value to a Perl executable installed on your
  client system (for example: C:\Program
  Files\IBM\RationalSDLC\common\ratlperl.exe).
  
  Note: This may or may not be RaltPerl. RatlPerl is only
  included with full client installs. Perl can be obtained or
  compiled from many sources.
  
  8) Select the option "Supports Preprocessing" and add the
  path to the above script with the parameters %input%
  %output% (for example:
  C:\tools\cc_merge_manager\ucm_merge_manager\rcs_squash.pl
  %input% %output%).
  
  9) Click New to add the new provider to the list.
  
  10) Navigate to CCRC Window-?Preferences-?ClearCase Remote
  Client -?Integrations-?Compare/Merge.
  
  11) Select "Overwrite the default tool for the following
  types".
  
  12) Click Add.
  
  13) In the "Resource Type" column select the drop down for
  %text_file_delta.
  
  14) For the Compare Provider and Merge Provider leave the
  default. You can later decide to change to other providers
  if you choose.
  
  15) For the Preprocessor column select the above created
  RCS_KEYWORDS.
  
  16) Click Apply and close out of all preferences screens.
  
  17) Perform a Compare with Predecessor for file test.txt.
  The preprocessor will not run and the file will note a
  difference between the two versions.
  
  18) Perform steps 10 through 17 again, with the one
  difference of specifying *.txt in step 13 instead of
  %text_file_delta.  The preprocessor will run and the files
  will be identified as being identical.
  
  
  
  WORKAROUND:
  
  The only current workaround is to use the *.txt style
  filtering.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix for this is available in ClearCase 7.1.1.8 and 7.1.2.5
  

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CLEARCASE WIN

• Fixed component ID

  5724G2900

Applicable component levels

• R711 PSN

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