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Python extension that provides a high-level interface to IBM Rational ClearCase, suitable for scripting solutions. Pycleartool links directly against ClearCase libraries, preventing you from extra-processing usually encountered in scripts that interact with ClearCase, where the creation of a cleartool subprocess is required to handle a ClearCase…

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===================
README: Pycleartool
===================

:Author: Vincent Besanceney
:Contact: support@rubycube.fr
:Date: $DateTime: 2007/06/06 22:24:08 $
:Copyright: (c) 2007, Rubycube. All rights reserved.

.. contents:: Table of Contents


Introduction
============

Pycleartool is a Python extension that provides a high-level interface to `IBM
Rational ClearCase`_, suitable for scripting solutions.  Pycleartool links
directly against ClearCase libraries, preventing you from extra-processing
usually encountered in scripts that interact with ClearCase, where the
creation of a cleartool subprocess is required to handle a ClearCase request.

.. _IBM Rational ClearCase:
   http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/clearcase/index.html


System Requirements
===================

The table below summarizes the basic platform, hardware, and software
requirements for Pycleartool to build, install, and run.

.. table:: Pycleartool System Requirements

   +--------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+
   | Platform     | System          | Python          | ClearCase         |
   +==============+=================+=================+===================+
   | SPARC        | Solaris 7       | 2.2 or higher   | 4.1 or higher     |
   |              | Solaris 8       |   "       "     |   "       "       |
   |              | Solaris 9       |   "       "     |   "       "       |
   |              | Solaris 10      |   "       "     |   "       "       |
   +--------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+
   | I86          | Linux RH 6.2    | 2.2 or higher   | 4.1 or higher     |
   |              | Linux RH 7.0    |   "       "     |   "       "       |
   |              | Linux RH 7.1    |   "       "     |   "       "       |
   |              | Linux RH 7.2    |   "       "     |   "       "       |
   +--------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+
   | I86          | Windows XP Pro  | 2.2 or higher   | 4.2 or higher     |
   |              | Windows 2000    |   "       "     |   "       "       |
   |              | Windows NT 4.0  |   "       "     |   "       "       |
   +--------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+


What's New
==========

This section describes new features, restrictions, guidelines, and other
changes in version 2007.01 of Pycleartool.

New Features
------------

Pycleartool comes with the following new features:

- Support of IBM Rational ClearCase 7.0.

Restrictions and Guidelines
---------------------------

SPARC/Solaris with IBM Rational ClearCase versions prior to 7.0
...............................................................

Pycleartool uses a Sun interposer implemented in ``libzuba.so`` to tell the
runtime loader to load RPC functions from the correct library.  However,
interposers are broken on Solaris 8 and 9 by some recent (as of April 23,
2005) Solaris patches.  See Sun defect 5105601:

    "ld.so.1 gets a little too enthusiastic with interposition".

If Pycleartool is broken by one of the patches below, or one of the
corresponding Solaris 2.8 patches, it may be possible to set the
``LD_PRELOAD`` environment variable to ``/usr/ucblib/librpcsoc.so`` to run
Pycleartool.

.. table:: Solaris 9 Patch Level Impact on Pycleartool

   +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
   | Patch Number            | Does Pycleartool work?                      |
   +=========================+=============================================+
   | 112963-07               | Yes                                         |
   +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
   | 112963-09               | Yes                                         |
   +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
   | 112963-12               | Yes                                         |
   +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
   | 112963-13               | No                                          |
   +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
   | 112963-14               | No                                          |
   +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
   | 112963-17               | Yes                                         |
   +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
   | 112963-18               | No                                          |
   +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
   | 112963-19               | No                                          |
   +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------+


Installation
============

See the ``INSTALL`` file.


Documentation
=============

Pycleartool is self-documented through _doc__ strings.  Once Pycleartool is
installed, you can gain access to the documentation with the ``help()``
function, as follows::

    >>> import cleartool
    >>> help(cleartool)


Licensing
=========

See the file called ``LICENSE``.


Status of Change Requests
=========================

.. table:: Pycleartool Known Problems

   +----------------+------------------------------------------------------+
   | Problem Number | Description                                          |
   +================+======================================================+
   | -              |                                                      |
   +----------------+------------------------------------------------------+

.. table:: Problems Fixed in This Release

   +----------------+------------------------------------------------------+
   | Problem Number | Description                                          |
   +================+======================================================+
   | -              |                                                      |
   +----------------+------------------------------------------------------+

.. table:: Disposition of Problems Reported in Previous Releases

   +------------
55BA
----+----------------+-------------------------------------+
   | Problem Number | Status         | Description                         |
   +================+================+=====================================+
   | -              |                |                                     |
   +----------------+----------------+-------------------------------------+